Durin
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Durin
@DurinMining
Mineral exploration technology company


My first interview with Ted Feldmann (@tfeldmann) founder of Durin Durin builds and operates automated drill rigs to accelerate mineral discovery in America. 0:31 Growing up in mining 2:32 MP Materials 4:12 Rare earths & critical minerals 7:09 History of exploration drilling 15:12 Starting a mining startup 17:11 Steps to build a mine 20:22 Exploration, Feasibility, Development 22:08 How long it takes to turn on a mine 24:03 Building relationships with people who don’t embrace change 25:48 Rare Earths Conference story 27:33 Half the mining work force will retire by 2030 33:25 Raising money for a mining startup 35:00 SpaceX billboard story 36:56 Hiring process 38:25 Executive order on mineral production 45:47 Building the first drill 52:26 Role models

🚨 New Episode Alert 🚨 In this week's episode of Pirates Only (from @BlackFlagVC ) I sit down with @MattGialich (CEO, @AstroForge ) and @tfeldmann (CEO, @DurinMining ) to discuss the wonderful and amazingly under-appreciated world of mining. We touch on both the incredible opportunities of mining asteroids in space, as well as the immense riches that are still here waiting on Earth. Electric (and hybrid) cars, energy production, construction and the devices we use every day all depend on the resources we pull up from the ground (And very soon, outer space). Oh and we also talk a bit about aliens... And our love for perhaps the most underrated movie of all time: Armageddon. You don't want to miss this one! Watch it right here on X, or view more details / watch here: blackflag.vc/episode/from-c…







🎙️ Ted Feldmann (@tfeldmann), founder of Durin, joins Tool or Die to discuss how his startup is tackling one of the most overlooked but vital problems in American reindustrialization: the lack of modern drilling rigs for mineral exploration. Ted explains why the U.S. is decades behind on core sampling tech and how @durinmining is building a programmable drilling rig from the ground up.








