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Ballard Partners has lined up Australia’s Energy Transition Minerals company, an explorer and developer of rare earths minerals opportunities.
It hired the Florida-based firm to strengthen its US ties and to “enhance its position as an emerging provider of critical minerals heavily sought after in the US.”
The company owns one of the world’s largest undeveloped rare earths deposits, the Kvanefjeld REE Project in Greenland. It claims that Kvanefjeld has the potential to become the most significant western world producer of critical rare earths, and the cornerstone of Greenland’s economic future.
Le Shan Shenghe, a Chinese rare earths company, owns a six percent stake in ETM. The Australian Stock Exchange-listed company has appointed Cohen & Co. Capital Markets as exclusive US-based advisor to commence the process of seeking a NASDAQ listing.
Brian Ballard, a top Trump fundraiser, leads ETM's lobbying effort.
He’s joined by two former special assistants to president Trump: Micah Ketchel, chair of Ballard’s critical minerals practice; and Thomas Boodry, partner and legislative aide to Sen. Marco Rubio.
Knob Petroleum, which is based in Panama City, has retained Ballard Partners to explore opportunities in Venezuela.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck has signed to represent Eastern Air Holdings, which operates deportation flights for Immigration & Customs Enforcement.
Abbvie has retained Trump-connected Winston-Salem-based Checkmate Government Relations for healthcare matters and issues related to the life sciences sector.
Netflix has retained Bloom Strategic Counsel for regulatory matters regarding its proposed $83B merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
Anthropic, developer of the Claude chatbot, hires Democratic-connected Avenue Solutions for DC representation.
