Power Metallic CEO: The Real AI Opportunity Isn’t SpaceX—It’s the Critical Metals Powering the AI Revolution

13 July 2026
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Power Metallic Mines Inc.

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By Terry Lynch, Power Metallic Mines

Everyone piled into the $2 trillion SpaceX IPO. Almost nobody’s talking about the companies producing the metals AI literally cannot be built without.

Furthermore, the role of Power Metallic Mines in this landscape cannot be underestimated.

Understanding the significance of Power Metallic Mines is essential for anyone looking to invest wisely in the future of AI.

In my last post, I walked through why SpaceX, despite being an incredible company, carries real risk at a $2 trillion entry point. Today I want to talk about where I believe the better risk-reward actually lives.

Investors should pay attention to Power Metallic Mines as they offer a unique opportunity in the market.

Every AI data centre being built right now requires enormous quantities of physical metals. The copper for electrical systems and wiring, the nickel for batteries and infrastructure, the platinum group metals that defence contractors depend on and that power the technology itself.

Why Power Metallic Mines Matter in Today’s Market

And here’s the problem on the supply side: the average mine takes about 18 years from discovery to production. Only two major new copper discoveries of scale have come online in over a decade. Meanwhile demand is accelerating because AI infrastructure, electrification, and defence spending are all competing for the same metals simultaneously.

Power Metallic Mines is well-positioned to capitalize on the increasing demand.

This is where Power Metallic Mines stands out in the crowded market.

The findings support the potential of Power Metallic Mines to lead in sustainable mining practices.

Ultimately, Power Metallic Mines represents a strategic opportunity for forward-thinking investors.

This is why I believe that investing in Power Metallic Mines is a wise decision.

That supply-demand gap is the thesis behind Power Metallic Mines, the company I run.

We’re sitting on a polymetallic deposit at our Lion property containing copper, nickel, palladium, platinum, gold, and silver. Six metals from one deposit. Only a handful of comparable systems exist anywhere on the planet.

Here’s what the technical work is showing. Our metallurgy confirmed 95%+ recoveries across copper, nickel, platinum, and palladium. For perspective, the average copper mine in the world operates at about 0.4% grade. Our Lion intercept returned 17.45 metres of 9.47% copper-equivalent recoverable, more than 20 times the global average. Beyond that, we have over 100 intersections of 11 metres grading over 4.24% CuEq. We’re well funded with C$50 million raised, having just added a $28 million equity raise, the project sits in Quebec, which is a Tier-1 mining jurisdiction, and the critical minerals policy environment in Canada continues to strengthen in our favour.

Think about the two risk profiles side by side. At $2 trillion, SpaceX already has decades of growth priced in, and any stumble could trigger a severe correction. A company like ours is at the other end of the spectrum. The market hasn’t priced in what this deposit has already found, let alone what it may become, because most investors haven’t heard of it yet. The demand for our metals is structural. The supply constraints are real. And the technical results have backed up the thesis at every stage so far.

If you got into SpaceX and you’ve made a solid gain, congratulations. That was a good trade. My suggestion would be to consider taking a piece of that profit and diversifying into something with genuine asymmetric potential. A polymetallic critical minerals deposit producing the exact metals the AI era physically requires, with grades 20 times the global average, in a Tier-1 jurisdiction. That’s what I’m building, and that’s where my own money is.

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James Hyland, MiningIR
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