Dec 04, 2025 The allure of “urban mining” — extracting critical minerals from what could be a massive above-ground deposit, sitting in junk drawers, scrap yards, and tailing piles — is self-evident.  Evok Partner, Mike Biddle, discusses the logistical challenges, explaining that there are inherent disadvantages of urban mining compared to primary mining, including distributed resources, creating reverse supply changes, and also undoing what humans have engineered - which is o

Oct 30, 2025 Summit Nanotech today announced a major milestone in water efficiency for lithium extraction, reinforcing its position as a global leader in sustainable direct lithium extraction (DLE) technology. The announcement follows a series of strategic developments that have accelerated Summit’s commercial readiness. Independent validation confirmed that Summit’s process uses approximately 30% less freshwater than evaporation ponds and 50% less than commercial DLE benchm

Oct 24, 2025 Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 program produces rapidly growing winners in any environment. The companies in Deloitte’s 2025 Technology Fast 50 program—which must have gone from at least $50,000 in revenue in 2021 to $5 million in 2024 to qualify MineSense Technologies is featured by the Globe & Mail as one of the three of the most exciting companies up close.  MineSense began its mission to “maximize global metals, minimize global impact” back in 2008—a lifetime

Oct 20, 2025 DISA Technologies , a leader in advanced mineral processing solutions, and Regeneration Enterprises, a leader in metals recovery from mine waste and restoration of legacy mines, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form a strategic relationship aimed at transforming mine tailings into valuable resources while addressing long-standing environmental challenges. This collaboration will pilot sustainable reprocessing at legacy mine sites using HPSA tech

Oct 08, 2025 DISA Technologies , a company pioneering advanced solutions for mineral recovery and environmental remediation, announced that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved its Service Provider License (SPL) last week, authorizing DISA to remediate Abandoned Uranium Mine (AUM) waste across the western United States. This groundbreaking license marks a new era in environmental cleanup, enabling faster, safer, and more cost-effective remediation of legacy u

Sep 10, 2025 ElementUSA and DISA Technologies today announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the reprocessing of mine waste and...

Aug 06, 2025 DISA Technologies , a company pioneering high-impact solutions for mineral recovery and uranium remediation, has closed its...

July 21, 2025 DISA Technologies has finalized a commercial agreement with Eagle Mine, owned and operated by Lundin Mining, to deliver...

March 18, 2025 Summit Nanotech , a leader in sustainable lithium extraction technology, announced today that it has successfully closed...

January 15, 2025 Congratulations to Ebb Carbon , e-Zinc , Koloma , Summit Nanotech , Syzygy and ZwitterCo for making the Cleantech Group 2025 Global Cleantech 100 list. This list represents 100 of the world’s leading private innovation companies from across the sustainability tech sector, predicted to make significant impact in the next 5-10 years. We are proud to see our portfolio companies receive this well deserved recognition for their contribution to sustainability and

September 25, 2024 MineSense and Komatsu's Modular Mining Systems have executed a collaboration agreement to share data between...

January 17, 2024 Disa Technologies , an innovative materials liberation company, announced the public release of a U.S. Environmental...