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Platform model

Built to take a material from the ground to specification

Europe’s widest gap is in processing: EU capacity covered about 24% of consumption of strategic raw materials between 2016 and 2020, against a 2030 benchmark of 40% (European Court of Auditors, 2026). Hercinia is set up to own deposits and the plants that can help close it.

Functions

Acquire, finance, develop

  1. From above: drill core in rows of core boxes, a geologist examining a half core.
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    Acquire

    Hercinia plans to take controlling stakes in mineral deposits and in the plants that concentrate, refine and convert them, in Europe.

  2. From above: a stockpile of crushed ore under a conveyor, a surveyor and a wheel loader beside it.
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    Finance

    Capital will go in against what can be inspected: ore bodies, permits and plants. Each deal will be set up so that public and industrial investors can co-invest.

  3. From above: the steel frame of a new process hall, a mobile crane lifting a beam.
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    Develop

    Each asset will be taken from resource to qualified material: permitting, construction, qualification on the customer’s production lines and offtake.

From above: a terrain model of an open pit, a works on a river and fields, which becomes the same place in real life as you scroll.

Develop

From plan to reality.

Each site will first be worked out on a model, with the pit, the plant, the river and the fields. Building will start only once that plan is agreed.

Value chain

From resource to end market

  1. From above: a core drill on a meadow at a forest edge, two geologists at rows of core trays.
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    Resources

    Deposits reported to recognised standards and permitted before construction

  2. From above: open rail wagons under a loading chute, the first ones filled with dark concentrate.
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    Concentration

    Ore crushed, concentrated and shipped

  3. From above: tanks, pipes and a solar roof at a refinery, a barge at its quay on the river.
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    Processing

    Refining and conversion in Europe, to industrial grade

  4. From above: white bulk bags in rows in a factory yard, a forklift and a lorry being loaded.
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    Industrial partnerships

    Long-term offtake agreements with manufacturers and their tier-one suppliers

  5. From above: a wind turbine over a ploughed field, a regional train on the line beside it, houses with solar roofs.
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    End markets

    Energy, batteries, agriculture, steel, defence and advanced manufacturing

Who it serves

For partners who plan in decades

Investors, European institutions, ministries, industrial offtakers and owners of deposits and plants each need something different from Hercinia.

  1. 01Institutional investors

    Real assets you can inspect

    Deposits, permits, plants and contracts across materials and countries, held for decades. Capital will be committed in stages, as each asset is secured.

    Talk to us as an investor
  2. 02European institutions

    Capacity where Europe falls furthest short

    New processing capacity in the EU counts towards the 2030 processing benchmark of the Critical Raw Materials Act. Hercinia plans to add to it on commercial terms, asset by asset, alongside private capital.

    Talk to us as an institution
  3. 03Ministries of defence and industry

    Supply that answers to Europe

    Mined or processed in Europe, with decisions taken in Europe. Hercinia plans to publish who owns the company and what it pays to governments.

    Talk to us as a ministry
  4. 04Industrial offtakers

    Your grade, for the next 20 years

    Samples first, then qualification on your production lines, then contracted volumes. Hercinia plans to record the origin and route of every delivery.

    Talk to us as an offtaker
  5. 05Owners of deposits and plants

    Own a deposit or a plant?

    Hercinia wants to hear from owners open to selling a controlling stake. Companies it acquires will keep their names.

    Talk to us as an owner
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