Why Invest?
ACI possesses the rights to rare earths mineral properties in Africa, South America and Eurasia through outright ownership or joint ventures.
ACI is capable of expanding into a highly successful diversified mining, energy and agri-business company that will not only continue to strive to successfully create value for its shareholders but also fulfill it’s environmental objectives as well contribute significantly to the mining industries in Africa, South America and Eurasia, with the potential to create employment in the form of hundreds of permanent positions.
The Market
World demand for rare earths (as rare earth oxides or REO) continues to go up.
China accounts for 90% of production and has a third of the world’s deposits.
About +-70% of total demand is from China and the remainder split between Japan, the USA and Europe.
Rare earth oxides are used in a wide range of applications with total global demand growth rates of approximately 8% to 10% per year with some end use applications growing at twice that level.
Demand for REO products is driven by advances in green and energy efficient technologies, by high technology and consumer electronic applications and in general by increases in global GDP.
Rare earths demand has proven resilient and supply concerns from China has seen a growing need for alternative supply sources and recommissioning of some old mines.
Studies by the European Union and United States Geological Survey on mineral risk, rank them as the highest mineral raw materials of critical concern, given their uncertain future supplies and importance to advanced industrial economies.
