Source: Australian Critical Minerals Map 2024 – A4 version from J. Pheeney and C. Kucka, Australian Critical Minerals Map 2024 (6th Edition), Scale 1:5,000,000, (Canberra: Geoscience Australia, January 2025). A higher resolution, more detailed large-format PDF of this map is available.
A new policy brief authored by the Science, Technology, Environment and Resources section of the Parliament of Australia outlines the nation’s evolving strategy for critical minerals emphasizing national security, allied coordination, and the urgent need to build out refining, processing, and midstream capabilities.
This aligns directly with the model M2i is executing across the U.S. The company will be deploying a nationwide network of federally aligned infrastructure designed to intake, process, trace, and deliver critical materials for defense, energy, and innovation systems.
Australia’s call for allied partnerships and investment across the supply chain echoes M2i’s current collaboration with Australian partners such as Reforme Group and Nova Terra who are pioneering technologies to reclaim and remediate mine waste while enabling cleaner mineral transformation at scale.
In an era of global fragmentation, M2i’s onshore execution platform complements Australia’s policy framework by building resilience not just through rhetoric, but through throughput, compliance, and coordination.