# Mining & Critical Minerals

Stratum

## Half the minerals the clean economy needs sit on Indigenous land. Mining the right way is the only way.

Stratum makes consent, provenance, and restoration provable, so the transition is built without repeating the harms of the last one. Every gram accounted for, from the pit to the product. Powered by Telos.

We prove how the mineral was taken. We do not take the operator's word for it.

### Why Now

## The mineral rush is here. How it is mined is still undecided.

54% on or near Indigenous land  
46% elsewhere  
rises to ~70% when unrecognised peoples are counted  
Source: Nature Sustainability, study of 5,097 energy transition mineral projects.

4x  
Demand for transition minerals quadruples by 2040, the fastest mineral demand growth in history.  
Source: IEA  
80%  
Recycled minerals carry 80 percent lower emissions than newly mined material.  
Source: IEA

## Introducing Stratum

### One platform. Every gram accounted for.

Powered by iQuantile infrastructure, Stratum connects extraction, processing, community consent, and restoration into one verified record of how each mineral was taken and what it cost.

## What Stratum Does

### Consent first. Then everything else.

**Community & Consent**  
Free, prior, and informed consent and Indigenous land rights, documented and honored at every stage, never bypassed for speed. This is where responsible mining begins, because most of these minerals are not on empty land.

**Land & Water**  
Tailings safety, water stewardship, and rehabilitation tracked from first dig to final restoration.

**Provenance**  
Every mineral traceable from pit to product, with forced labor proven out of the chain.

**Worker Safety**  
Verified safety records in one of the world's most dangerous industries, where lives are the first cost.

**Circularity**  
Recycling and mine-waste recovery that cut emissions and reduce the need to dig again.

## Meet Petra

### Ask Petra where consent and impact actually stand.

**P**  
Petra Verified intelligence  
How many of our sites have full community consent? Where does Rio Verde Basin stand on consent? Is responsible extraction actually paying off?  
You  
How many of our sites have full community consent?

Of 14 active sites, 9 hold verified free, prior, and informed consent. 3 are in progress. 2 are scheduled.

### The Sustainability Dividend

## Mine with consent, and you mine for decades.

On Stratum, honoring the land and the people on it is not what slows a project, it is what secures the license to keep operating.

**Impact**  
Land restored, water protected, consent honored, forced labor kept out.

**Capital**  
Responsible-provenance minerals open financing that conflict minerals cannot.

**Market access**  
Automakers and battery makers now require proven-clean minerals to buy at all.

The deposit you mine with consent is the deposit you keep.

## What Becomes Possible

### What changes on the ground.

**On site**  
Land that recovers  
Verified rehabilitation turns a closed mine into restored ground instead of an abandoned scar.

**With communities**  
Partnership over blockade  
Documented consent replaces the protests and stoppages that halt unconsented projects.

**In the market**  
Contracts that clear  
Proven provenance signs the offtake deals that screened-out minerals lose.

**On the balance sheet**  
Cheaper capital  
A verified responsibility record lowers financing and insurance costs that conflict operations carry.

## Frameworks We Adhere To

IRMA Standard  
ICMM Principles  
FPIC (UNDRIP)  
UN Guiding Principles  
OECD Due Diligence  
GHG Protocol  
Additional frameworks are configured during the assessment based on your jurisdictions and minerals.

## Global Alignment

### Responsible extraction advances global goals.

**12 Responsible Production**  
Provenance and circularity turn extraction into accountable production, from pit to recycled material.

**15 Life on Land**  
Verified rehabilitation and water stewardship leave land recoverable, not ruined.

**16 Justice & Strong Institutions**  
Free, prior, and informed consent makes Indigenous rights a documented practice, not a broken promise.

**8 Decent Work**  
Verified safety records protect lives in one of the world's most dangerous industries.

**Global Impact Commons**  
When one operation proves its environmental and community record, buyers and regulators stop taking it on faith. Verified mining data enters the Commons, governed by mining members, so responsible extraction becomes provable at the source and travels with the material.

## The Blueprint Is the First Step

### Mine as if the land has owners. It does.

The Blueprint maps every community, ecosystem, and obligation around your operation and plans how Stratum proves responsible extraction, scoped to your sites and delivered in four to six weeks.