This week’s podcast features General (Ret.) Charles Flynn in conversation with The Northern Miner host Adrian Pocobelli on the West’s effort to reshore supply chains and build secure critical-mineral capacity. Flynn explains that while funding individual projects is necessary, it will not by itself create a durable solution. He calls for a broader structural and policy realignment, supported by a coordinated, campaign-planning approach to critical-mineral supply chains. Flynn also discusses his work with Flynn Advisors and Manifest Industries, as well as the challenges companies face when navigating and engaging with the U.S. government. All this and more with host Adrian Pocobelli. “Rattlesnake Railroad”, “Big Western Sky”, “Western Adventure” and “Battle on the Western Frontier” by Brett Van Donsel (⁠www.incompetech.com⁠). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License ⁠creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0⁠ Apple Podcasts:⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-northern-miner-podcast/id1099281201⁠ Spotify:⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/78lyjMTRlRwZxQwz2fwQ4K⁠ YouTube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@NorthernMiner⁠ Soundcloud:⁠ https://soundcloud.com/northern-miner

General Charles Flynn (Ret.) on a long-term critical minerals strategy

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Another blowout week in the Japanese bond market. Yields hitting 2.85% on the Japanese tenure on CNBC. So the pressure continues on Japan, China not playing games as far as cutting off rare earths and other critical minerals to the Japanese economy and military industrial complex. Hello and welcome to The Northern Miner Podcast. My name is Adrian Pocobelli.

And a big show ahead of us, we have General Charles Flynn, former commanding general of Pacific Command and former G357, the equivalent of chief operating officer for the U.S. Army, joining the program today to discuss strategy and critical minerals and really what the West can do to create long-term solutions. As we see, it looks like China is making Japan into a bit of an example.

And if you don't want the same thing to happen that's happening in Japan, there is a need for long-term solutions. So we discussed that in a fascinating interview with now-retired General Charles Flynn this episode. So lots to look forward to there. Let's take a look at this burning story just came out this morning from Reuters. Corporate Japan's rare earth warnings get louder as China keeps the spigot closed. This is by Satoshi Sugiyama and Hina Suzuki at Reuters.

A shortage of critical minerals is starting to affect the broader Japanese economy, adding a sense of urgency for Prime Minister Sinei Takeichi's government to find alternatives to exports that China has cut off, according to recent corporate filings. And as we discussed in that chart that I was marveling over last week, basically if you look at, I think it's dysprosium, terbium, and yttrium, and I think one other,

General Charles Flynn (Ret.) on a long-term critical minerals strategy

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General Charles Flynn (Ret.) on a long-term critical minerals strategy

Read the full transcript

The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.