Orion Critical Mineral Consortium

Commercial Investor

United States

iSustain score 62Selective

Investment consortium led by Orion Resource Partners with the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and Abu Dhabi's ADQ, announced October 2025 with $1.8B of commitments, to invest in production-ready critical-mineral mining and refining projects in DFC-eligible markets.

Geographic focus

Sub-Saharan Africa

Emerging Markets

Global

Sector appetite

Mining

Critical Minerals

Transition Minerals

Fund size

$1.8B committed at launch; targets growth to $5B (DFC, Reuters, Oct 2025)

Finance instruments

Equity

Debt

Streaming & Royalties

Project stages

Construction

Operational

Expansion

Typical ticket size

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Readiness requirements

Near-term production potential, bankable resource, offtake routes to U.S. and allied markets.

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