Tuesday’s From Fraud to Accountability event, hosted by the Representation of the State of Hessen to the EU and organised by @BETTERFINANCE, underscored how illicit finance, global security and consumer protection are now inseparable across Europe.

It was a pleasure to join @Better_Finance for their event on fraud and accountability in Brussels. I spoke on behalf of @GOLDCOUNCIL to the proliferating violent exploitation of artisanal gold mining communities - and the mercenaries, terrorists and criminal gangs benefiting.

I enjoyed discussing with Adam Bolton @TimesRadio what the West needs to do to build up alternative supply chains in critical minerals and rare earths @AppianCapital 👇

Appian backs Atlantic Group’s buyout of Barrick mine with $150M funding

NEW INVESTMENT: Appian completes a US$150m acquisition financing package to Atlantic Group to support the buyout of Tongon gold mine in Côte d’Ivoire from @barrick_mining. https://t.co/6YX7mYas2V

Thanks @MiningRobTyson for hosting a great discussion on critical mineral supply chains. @AppianCapital

Alongside our partners The World Bank and the IGF, this week we launched the Global Coalition for Action on artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM), at the Palais de Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The coalition aims to collectively advocate for supporting responsible ASGM,

VIDEO: Appian's @DominicRaab, Head of Global Affairs, was on Boomberg's The Opening Trade earlier this week, discussing rare earths, on-shoring and friend-shoring, in reference to the recent US-Australia critical minerals deal. #criticalminerals #PPP #rareearths

COMPANY UPDATE: We have published our Annual #Sustainability Report for 2024-2025 which highlights our portfolio companies’ sustainability efforts. https://t.co/BbNyRcp4WB

As @ftcommodities reports, Australia is geopolitically pivotal. Gippsland Critical Minerals has the capacity to provide 7% of global supply of heavy rare earths, over half the ex-China supply - a brilliant local project with increasing global significance. @AppianCapital

I enjoyed discussing the US/ Australia critical minerals deal with ABC News Australia this week. @AppianCapital 👇 Share on https://t.co/Jun9XbKbQv via @ABCaustralia

Great jo join ⁦⁦@JeremySzafron⁩ ⁦@KitcoNewsNOW⁩ to discuss progress tackling illicit flows from violent exploitation of artisanal gold miners & all things critical minerals. ⁦⁦@GOLDCOUNCIL⁩ ⁦@AppianCapital⁩

APPIAN UPDATE: The @IFC_org is investing up to US$1bn into a new fund managed by Appian to accelerate the #responsible development of #criticalminerals, #metalsandmining related projects in #EmergingMarkets. https://t.co/luXP4eEVWD

@AppianCapital senior strategic advisor on global affairs, @DominicRaab: I think in the end the OEMs have got to come on board. If their time horizons are really short term they’re going to run into serious existential problems down the track.

Thank you ⁦@ftlive⁩ for hosting a Summit on metals & mining. As head of global affairs ⁦@AppianCapital⁩, I joined the opening panel to discuss new models of Public Private Partnership needed to secure critical minerals & rare earths supply chains. ⁦

My observations for The Sunday Times ⁦@thetimes⁩ on the pinch point of critical minerals & rare earth supply chains, fuelling international trade tensions. It is now a matter of national security, not just economic dependency. ⁦@AppianCapital⁩ https://t.co/3oQKcdeN9k

EXIT: Appian announces US$170 million stream and royalty sale in two high-quality portfolio assets to Versamet #exit #royalty #Mining https://t.co/H0WjsmcZtR

CONFERENCE: Head of Global Affairs @DominicRaab will be joining in the @IpemMarket discussion "Now or never - how sovereignty is defining a new era of investment". You can still register for the IPEM Paris: https://t.co/WnnAtfSFsn #privatecapital #privateequity #ipemparis

While supply gaps for some critical minerals are narrowing, key risks remain Investment momentum in critical minerals has weakened recently & export restrictions are on the rise Without further action, copper could see a 30% supply shortfall by 2035 👉 https://t.co/Ii98eOtnWA

Today critical mineral markets rely heavily on a small number of suppliers This increases vulnerability to shocks & disruptions even in a well-supplied market – and has major implications for consumer prices and economic & manufacturing competitiveness ➡️ https://t.co/Ii98eOtnWA