The Bridge Between Critical Mineral Assets and U.S. Government Capital
REESource Materials International connects qualified projects to the federal funding mechanisms, offtake agreements, and technology transfer programs that define the new critical minerals supply chain.
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We Build the Pathways That Don't Exist
The gap between a qualifying critical mineral asset and U.S. government capital is not a financing problem. It is a navigation problem. RMI solves it.
We identify and structure access to the full range of U.S. government financing mechanisms — including DoD Office of Strategic Capital, U.S. Export-Import Bank sovereign lending, DFC project finance, and Title III Defense Production Act authorities — matching each project's stage, jurisdiction, and mineral profile to the right federal vehicle.
Guaranteed purchase agreements and take-or-pay offtake structures are the primary de-risking instrument U.S. government programs deploy to anchor critical mineral projects. We structure, negotiate, and advance these agreements on behalf of project owners and sovereign partners, converting stranded assets into bankable supply.
U.S. government programs offer access to proprietary processing and separation technologies as part of broader supply chain investment packages. We facilitate technology transfer engagements that allow allied-nation projects to build domestic processing capacity — reducing raw-ore export dependency and capturing in-country value.
Complex government-backed transactions require more than financial modeling. They require an understanding of procurement authorities, interagency coordination, and the political economy of allied partnerships. RMI builds the transaction architecture — multi-mechanism stacks, phased structures, sovereign engagement frameworks — that gets deals across the line.
Defense-Critical. Supply-Chain Essential.
RMI works across the minerals that matter most to U.S. national security and the allied industrial base.
Projects That Move the Strategic Needle for the
U.S. Government
$750M Guaranteed Purchase Agreement — Allied Critical Minerals Producer
A critical minerals producer in an allied Indo-Pacific nation needed a structured pathway to U.S. government capital. RMI structured a $750M Guaranteed Purchase Agreement anchoring project economics and advanced the engagement from pre-feasibility to OSC presentation in six months — against a typical 18–24 month unassisted timeline.
Sovereign EXIM Pathway — Allied Nation Rare Earth & Critical Mineral Deposits
A resource-rich allied nation held world-class rare earth and critical mineral deposits with no pathway to U.S. government engagement — and raw ore exports flowing to PRC-linked processors. RMI built the channel that did not exist: sovereign-level engagement from ministry to Presidential level, a $250–350M in-country processing facility proposal, and a sovereign EXIM Letter of Interest in four months.
$3.5B Multi-Mineral Defense Supply Portfolio — Office of Strategic Capital
OSC prioritizes single projects at $1B and above — a threshold most individual critical mineral opportunities cannot meet alone. RMI aggregated assets across allied jurisdictions into a unified $3.5B defense supply portfolio spanning ten critical minerals, structured around take-or-pay guaranteed purchase agreements, and sized to OSC's mandate. Currently under OSC review.
Practitioners. Not Advisors.
RMI's principals bring direct operational experience inside the institutions and programs they engage on behalf of clients — not proximity to them.
Richard Milner brings a dual-track career spanning U.S. Intelligence Community and Department of Defense program finance and private sector CFO-level capital markets experience — a combination that is rare in the critical minerals advisory space and directly relevant to the complexity of government-aligned project finance.
His government career encompassed directing multi-million dollar programs across IC and DoD institutions, where he developed deep familiarity with federal program structures, funding authorities, and the procurement frameworks that govern how U.S. government capital reaches allied-nation projects. That institutional knowledge informs every engagement RMI structures.
As a private sector CFO, Milner has built the financial architecture for complex cross-border transactions requiring both government and commercial capital — navigating the intersection of sovereign lending, project finance, and offtake agreement structures that define the critical minerals capital stack.
At RMI, Milner leads the firm's financial structuring work: developing program-aligned capital structures, term sheet frameworks, and offtake agreement architectures that position allied-nation mineral projects for U.S. government funding vehicle eligibility across DoD OSC, DFC, and EXIM program platforms.
David Block brings 25 years of operational and strategic leadership across the CIA and Department of Defense — a career spanning the full spectrum of federal institutional execution, global partnership development, and senior program management at the highest levels of the U.S. national security apparatus.
His government career encompassed senior leadership positions across operations, global partnerships, and strategic program management inside CIA and DoD institutions. That experience built direct familiarity with the interagency relationships, embassy networks, and defense attaché infrastructure that shape how U.S. government programs engage with allied nations — and how sovereign-level relationships are built and maintained over time.
Block's operational experience extends to building and expanding market access for critical minerals supply chains at the government-to-government level — an increasingly central function as U.S. program offices seek qualified allied-nation partners for defense industrial base supply development.
At RMI, Block leads the firm's operational execution and sovereign relationship development — translating decades of direct engagement with allied-nation governments and U.S. interagency stakeholders into the structured program pathways that move critical mineral projects from initial engagement to funded program status.
Jason Williams brings a cross-sector career spanning technology, mining, and defense — with a consistent focus on identifying and developing opportunities at the convergence of government demand and private sector capability, particularly in emerging and frontier markets where that intersection is most strategically significant.
His background encompasses business growth and development across multiple industries, building a track record of structuring new market opportunities and strategic partnerships that translate nascent capability into executable programs. That pattern of work maps directly to the critical minerals advisory space, where the gap between a qualifying asset and a funded U.S. government program is bridged by relationship development, opportunity qualification, and structured engagement.
Williams brings particular depth in identifying projects at early stages of U.S. government program eligibility — assessing counterparty readiness, geographic fit, and commodity profile against current federal program parameters before advancing an engagement through RMI's structuring process.
At RMI, Williams leads the firm's business development efforts — sourcing qualified critical mineral projects across RMI's geographic focus regions, building counterparty relationships with mine developers and sovereign mineral authorities, and expanding RMI's pipeline across the Indo-Pacific, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America.
Your Asset. The U.S. Government.
We Build the Bridge.
If you hold a qualifying critical mineral asset in an allied jurisdiction and need a structured pathway to U.S. government funding, offtake, or technology transfer — RMI is the call to make first.
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