Justin Hamilton

Just a quantum fluctuation in a multidimensional universe looking for the m-theory…

KoBold Metals has begun exploring for lithium in Congo, in what the US firm described as the largest-ever exploration campaign for the battery metal bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

No contest 🇫🇷

They are taking on war, corruption and China economist.com/finance-and-ec…

If you want to understand why 🇫🇷 is in a budgetary impasse watch this. Eric Coquerel is from the hard-left LFI which wants a 2% wealth tax He can’t understand how a tech startup (Mistral) can be worth $14bn but make no profits not pay its founder a salary

The deepest drill hole in the Copperbelt! KoBold’s Konkola West team has reached 2,712 m, uncovering new insights into great mineral systems. Congrats on a record-setting milestone & thank you to our partners @titan_drilling @Tertiaryplc !

A geopolitical conflict over minerals may finally be a real threat on.ft.com/4dtAde0

Thanks @SecRubio, @US_SrAdvisorAF, & @Presidence_RDC for opening doors for US investment. @KoBold_Metals & @AvzMinerals agreed on a framework for KoBold to buy AVZ’s interests in the Manono lithium deposit in the DRC. We’ll make America & DRC safer, stronger & more prosperous

Mining group backed by Gates and Bezos expands into DR Congo on.ft.com/42wc7eN

Europe has many flaws. But in its own plodding way, the continent has created a place where people are guaranteed rights to what others yearn for: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness econ.st/4junw4w

Trump’s Africa envoy laid groundwork for minerals deal in DRC but talks of peace in east still "fragile" says source semafor.com/article/04/11/… via @SemaforAfrica

US closes in on critical minerals deal with DR Congo on.ft.com/4j4wp50

@ElBeardsley Lotte

I’m always impressed by the seafood selection at the French grocery store, but today’s was particularly wow. And a little sad.

The art of sentence length by Gary Provost

Ten years after the Charlie Hebdo massacre, satire is under siege. Riss, the paper’s editor, lives under police protection. “We’re doing exactly the same thing we did before,” Riss told me. “But around us people are much more timid” economist.com/culture/2025/0… In @TheEconomist

KoBold Metals raised a $537m Series C round to expand AI-powered critical mineral exploration worldwide 🧵 ft.com/content/960246…

KoBold used AI to find copper. Now investors are piling in to the tune of $537M tcrn.ch/3BUa5dS

KoBold Metals, a US company backed by Bill Gates, raised $537 million in equity funding to boost exploration of minerals critical to the energy transition trib.al/mB4yarw

US mining startup backed by Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos raises $537M trib.al/O80MTf3

KoBold Metals, a US company backed by Bill Gates, raised $537 million in equity funding to boost exploration of minerals critical to the energy transition trib.al/QUGgr19

Marc Andreessen and Reid Hoffman are among the list of billionaire backers rallying behind AI-powered mining prospect KoBold, with the brand now valued at nearly $3 billion. trib.al/4DhYU4l