The Extended Critical Raw Materials or ECRM are the focus of AfricaMaVal.

These ECRM include:

• All but 2 of the 30 Critical Raw Materials included on the Fourth European Critical Raw Materials List dated September 2020 except for coking coal and natural rubber.
• The following additional commodities: Copper, Nickel, Tin and Manganese. Copper, Nickel and Manganese are on the list of “Strategic Raw Materials” which forms part of the Annex 1 to the European Critical Materials Act dated March 2023. Tin is a particularly pertinent commodity in the context of Africa’s geological potential, is essential for electronics and electrification and may also have a further use as a performance enhancer in lithium-ion batteries and certain cathodes. Tin is on the International Energy Agency’s List of Critical Minerals (2022) and the US Geological Survey’s 2022 List of Critical Minerals.

The list of ECRM is therefore included below:

They include:

• Antimony (Sb), Baryte, Bauxite, Beryllium (Be), Bismuth (Bi), Borate, Cobalt (Co), Copper (Cu), Fluorspar, Gallium (Ga), Germanium (Ge), Hafnium (Hf), Indium (In), Lithium (Li), Magnesium (Mg), Manganese (Mn), Natural graphite, Nickel (Ni), Niobium (Nb), Coking coal, Phosphate rock, Phosphorus (P), Silicon metal (Si), Scandium (Sc), Strontium, Tantalum (Ta), Tin (Sn), Titanium (Ti), Tungsten (W), Vanadium (V);
• HREEs-Heavy Rare Earth Elements: (Dysprosium-Dy, Erbium-Er, Europium-Eu, Gadolinium-Gd, Holmium-Ho, Lutetium-Lu, Terbium-Tb, Thulium-Tm, Ytterbium-Yb, Yttrium-Y);
• LREEs-Light Rare Earth Elements: (Cerium-Ce, Lanthanum-La, Neodymium-Nd, Praseodymium-Pr, Promethium, Samarium-Sm); and
• PGM-Platinum Group Metals: (Iridium-Ir, Palladium-Pd, Platinum-Pt, Rhodium-Rh, Ruthenium-Ru).

We define ECRM Proposals as mining (both artisanal, small scale and large scale operations), refining and/or recycling projects involving one or more ECRM, across the development curve (exploration, resource definition, study stage, development and expansion projects).

We define ECRM Infrastructure Proposals as Infrastructure projects required to unlock mining / refining / recycling potential on the African continent (energy, water, transportation etc.).

Any time before February 2025.

A Responsible Investment Opportunity may be:

• An ECRM Project with credible ECRM resources, sufficient availability of project information, and part of its anticipated ECRM output potentially available to European industry;
• Infrastructure clusters of relevance for ECRM project development;
• Investment opportunities may additionally be identified for the artisanal and small-scale mining sector (not necessarily project-specific);
• Investment opportunities will be supplemented by conceptual or strategic recommendations, for instance in the context of national raw material partnerships or other forms of cooperation and support.

As such, the target group for investment opportunities and associated investment recommendations comprises commercial organizations, but extends to policy makers and public institutions as well.

Criteria for defining projects as “Investment Opportunities” will be available soon.

A project identified as a Responsible Investment Opportunity will be submitted to the European Commission.

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