Inside the Global Race for Rare Earths and the Emergence of Viridis Mining [ASX listed with Brazilian assets]
Join us for an exclusive lunch presentation with Rafael Moreno, Managing Director and CEO of Viridis Mining & Minerals (VMM.asx), one of the world’s emerging leaders in the global rare earths and critical minerals sector.
Rafael is an operational executive and professional engineer with more than 23 years of experience across the mining and petrochemical industries. Throughout his career, he has built a strong reputation for delivering large-scale projects, executing strategic commercial partnerships and leading transformational growth initiatives across international markets. At Viridis, Rafael has been instrumental in advancing the company’s flagship Colossus Rare Earth Project in Brazil — now recognised as one of the largest and highest-grade ionic adsorption clay rare earth projects globally.
Under Rafael’s leadership, Viridis has rapidly positioned itself at the centre of the global push to secure alternative rare earth supply chains outside China. The company’s Colossus Project contains significant concentrations of high-value magnet rare earth elements including neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium and terbium — materials critical to electric vehicles, renewable energy systems, advanced manufacturing and defence technologies.
Rafael has become a prominent voice in the global critical minerals conversation, representing Viridis in discussions with governments, industry leaders and international stakeholders across Brazil, the United States, Japan and Europe. His focus on sustainable development, streamlined project execution and supply chain security has helped establish Viridis as a globally significant emerging rare earths company.
During this presentation, Rafael will discuss the accelerating global demand for rare earths, the geopolitical race to secure critical mineral supply chains, and why Brazil is emerging as a strategically important jurisdiction in the energy transition. He will also provide insights into the decisions being weighed at the highest level of governments around the world, the progress of the Colossus Project and the company’s vision for becoming a major supplier of critical rare earth materials to Western markets.
Craig Scheef: “In over 20 years investing Raf stood out as one of the most impressive MD’s I have come across. His subject knowledge and depth of forward planning stood out and is the main reason it is currently the largest holding in our portfolio”
Got Questions?
Please contact
Matt Murray – commonsense@uncommonexperiences.com.au / 0419 432 062
Yani – community@uncommonexperiences.com.au / 03 8323 0340