13D Client Webinar: Why scandium may be the most strategic of all critical minerals.

A conversation with Sam Riggall, CEO of Sunrise Energy Metals and Robert Friedland, Co-Chair of Sunrise Energy Metals and Founder & Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines.

Recorded November 25, 2025 - Senior Managing Director Woodley Preucil and Critical Minerals Analyst Lachlan Nieboer drill down on the fundamentals of scandium and why it represents a single point of failure for global advanced telecom networks and military weapon systems. The U.S. has not produced scandium domestically since 1969 and China controls 80% of global primary production and 100% of refined scandium metal production.

Sam Riggall and Robert Friedland explain why the scandium market is set for explosive growth and is essential for advancements in 21st century technologies across the transportation, aerospace, military, information, communications, and energy sectors. The escalating U.S./China tech-arms race is driving Western nations to develop regional supply chains for scandium, and Sunrise Energy Metals may be in the catbird seat.