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Strategic Metals Supply Chain and Investment

In this episode we talk to Louis O’Connor, Founder, and Principal of Strategic Metals Invest about the fascinating world of strategic metals.

These are the metals and oxides required to keep our modern technology working and that are essential to the green transformation in energy and transport.

Strategic metals constitute both a strategic supply chain challenge and an investment opportunity and Louis' company, Strategic Metals Invest, is the only industry supplier in the world to offer private investors the option to purchase and profit from owning Strategic Metals.

The investment proposition is pretty much the same as investing in precious metals, but instead the investor is purchasing strategic metals that have an intrinsic value for industrial applications.

In this interview, we find out from Louis exactly what strategic metals are, what they are used for, where they come from and why they are becoming an asset class of interest to investors.

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