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Gerard Barron

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The Shawn Ryan Show
#231 Gerard Barron - CIA Project Azorian & Deep Sea Mining That Could Change the World

And so we turn 100% of this into saleable material.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#231 Gerard Barron - CIA Project Azorian & Deep Sea Mining That Could Change the World

And it's got about 33% pure metal.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#231 Gerard Barron - CIA Project Azorian & Deep Sea Mining That Could Change the World

But the rest of the material is, there's some silica in there.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#231 Gerard Barron - CIA Project Azorian & Deep Sea Mining That Could Change the World

There's a lot of crystallized water in there.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#231 Gerard Barron - CIA Project Azorian & Deep Sea Mining That Could Change the World

So about 24% of it is moisture.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#231 Gerard Barron - CIA Project Azorian & Deep Sea Mining That Could Change the World

But the rest of it, we all turn into saleable product.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#231 Gerard Barron - CIA Project Azorian & Deep Sea Mining That Could Change the World

And that in itself is almost...

The Shawn Ryan Show
#231 Gerard Barron - CIA Project Azorian & Deep Sea Mining That Could Change the World

Well, very unique to this resource because on land, you know, you go looking for a copper deposit.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#231 Gerard Barron - CIA Project Azorian & Deep Sea Mining That Could Change the World

And last year, the average grade of copper mined was about 0.6 of 1%.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#231 Gerard Barron - CIA Project Azorian & Deep Sea Mining That Could Change the World

So it means that you go digging up a ton of material, a thousand kilograms of material, and you have to treat it and process and cart it and take it places looking for six kilograms of copper.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#231 Gerard Barron - CIA Project Azorian & Deep Sea Mining That Could Change the World

So it's very inefficient and it's very expensive and it creates a lot of impacts.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#231 Gerard Barron - CIA Project Azorian & Deep Sea Mining That Could Change the World

Whereas we lift these up, take them to shore, process them, and we turn it all into saleable material.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#231 Gerard Barron - CIA Project Azorian & Deep Sea Mining That Could Change the World

So it's kind of unique.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#231 Gerard Barron - CIA Project Azorian & Deep Sea Mining That Could Change the World

You do the processing as well.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#231 Gerard Barron - CIA Project Azorian & Deep Sea Mining That Could Change the World

That's our plan.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#231 Gerard Barron - CIA Project Azorian & Deep Sea Mining That Could Change the World

And the reason why we're so excited about the U.S.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#231 Gerard Barron - CIA Project Azorian & Deep Sea Mining That Could Change the World

is because President Trump and his administration made reindustrialization a priority because for decades, America has been outsourcing mining and processing and refining to other parts of the world, particularly China.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#231 Gerard Barron - CIA Project Azorian & Deep Sea Mining That Could Change the World

And then, of course, you wake up one day and you realize that

The Shawn Ryan Show
#231 Gerard Barron - CIA Project Azorian & Deep Sea Mining That Could Change the World

your adversaries have control out of all of the critical minerals that you need.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#231 Gerard Barron - CIA Project Azorian & Deep Sea Mining That Could Change the World

And it was a foolish playbook in hindsight, but it was hard and heavy industry.