About Reymans

Reymans is a critical minerals company based in New Jersey, USA that is enabling Africa and US stakeholders create value and growth from the energy transition. 

Reymans uses a network of local mining stakeholders & geologists in multiple African countries and innovative AI techniques to accelerate the discovery, acquisition & exploration of critical minerals in Africa; and facilitates investments towards developing and connecting them to US supply chains. 

 

 

What We do

Reymans lowers the risk and shortens time-to-development and supply for investors and operators in critical minerals. 

Prospection and Exploration

Reymans uses its strong network of local stakeholders, and then with geoscience and AI to identify and assess new opportunities. Reymans then facilitates partnerships & investments in high-potential discoveries.

Acquire, Invest & Scale

Reymans acquires small-to medium-scale existing operations with known high potential and facilitates relevant partnerships and investment to grow operations.

Acquire and Explore

Reymans uses traditional geoscience and AI to identify and acquire high-potential exploration licenses from existing owners. Reymans then facilitates partnerships & investments to explore and develop the assets

We have long-term relationships with governments and an extensive knowledge of the African mining landscape. Coupled with our strategic partnerships with geoscience and Artificial Intelligence innovators in discovery and exploration, we are more effective at uncovering opportunities to acquire high-potential assets. Reymans reduces the risk, time, and cost for operators and investors to bring critical minerals to market.

The Critical Minerals Market

Reymans lowers the risk and shortens time-to-development and supply for investors and operators in critical minerals. 

Critical minerals are any non-fuel mineral, element, substance, or material that has a high risk of supply chain disruption; and serves an essential function in one or more energy technologies, including technologies that produce, transmit, store, and conserve energy. The most common are Cobalt, Graphite, Lithium, Nickel and Magnesium.

The Demand for key energy transition minerals doubled over the past five years, reaching USD 320 billion in 2022

  • 300% increase in overall demand for lithium
  • 70% jump in demand for cobalt, and a
  • 40% rise in demand for nickel
  • Demand is expected to grow 350% by 2030 and 500% by 2040

The critical minerals challenge

The U.S. is 100% import reliant on 14 minerals on the critical minerals list, and more than 75% import reliant on 10 others. This poses a competition and national security risk that the US is investing in addressing.. 

The current supply will not meet the 2030 or 2040 demand. It can take up to 15 years from discovery to industrial-grade supply and most of the easy-to-find deposits have been found. As a result, the biggest challenge for the energy transition era is to find new ways to accelerate discovery and new business models to enable investment in the discovery to development process. 

The industry is responding. 4% of total global Venture Capital spend went to critical minerals companies in 2022 ($1.6B).

Africa is a critical partner in the energy transition

Africa is home to 30% of the world’s critical minerals, and higher percentages of some individual minerals. 

  • The Democratic Republic of the Congo, for example, houses 70% of the world’s cobalt.
  • Gabon has the second-largest deposit of manganese in the world and is currently the world’s third-largest producer.

Yet, most of the potential reserves across multiple African countries remain unexplored. China (the largest player by far in the African mining sector) has invested billions over the last several years and is benefiting. In 2022 alone, China imported $10 billion in rare-earth minerals from the continent and dominates the global energy transition metals market. African governments want to gain more value from their minerals and are actively opening the sector for win-win investments and partnerships. Reymans aims to be a leading enabling partner to the stakeholders in this transition. 

Our Purpose – Value for African Stakeholders

We are driven by the conviction that Africa and African communities can contribute significantly to the world’s energy transition future and grow its economy and people in the process. We seek and work with investors and partners who share this ambition.

We work closely with the ecosystem of African stakeholders (governments, communities, and entrepreneurs) to create business models around each asset that creates value in the local social and economic system, moves the ecosystem up the value chain, and protects the environment.


Our early projects have included significant local supply chain and staffing as well as improved community development.