Waste left from mineral mining strains ecosystems and communities and creates a burden on future generations. To close the divide, we need solutions that address the
waste and restores the land we’ve already mined.
Regeneration extracts minerals and metals from mine waste to provide responsibly sourced materials for sustainable brands and the green energy transition, to help fund habitat restoration and bring new life to communities.
Waste from orphaned and closed mine sites often presents a challenge to people and the planet. Degraded lands impact ecosystems and biodiversity; communities near these sites want solutions.
We have a new challenge: we need more minerals and more responsible mining. Over 3 billion tons of minerals will be needed to deploy the wind, solar, geothermal power and energy storage systems required to achieve the climate reduction target of 2 degrees Celsius. We need to secure these minerals while safeguarding communities and protecting biodiversity.
Brands, consumers, and investors are seeking sustainable, climate-positive minerals that enhance biodiversity and help communities. A solution can be found in a surprising place: the minerals and metals found in old, retired mines.
Working with our partners, we will secure minerals from the waste, transforming legacy mines into a responsible resource for sustainable brands and the green energy transition. We’ll then restore the sites, creating ecological and community assets. Sites with owners can also benefit from this new approach.
We target the growing inventory of legacy mine sites, both those in company portfolios and orphan sites where governments seek innovative approaches. We work with local communities to develop a new vision for the land after remining and restoration.
Our full value remining strategy utilizes new technologies and methods to safely remine or reprocess tailings, waste rock, waste water, and other waste material to extract minerals. We then provide these minerals to support the energy transition, green tech and sustainable brands.
Going beyond closure commitments and government mandates, we restore and renew biological and ecological systems, such as forests, streams and wetlands. We document our restoration process, methods and impact, producing quantifiable biodiversity and carbon value, including credits. Nearby communities also benefit when degraded lands are transformed into greener, more natural spaces.
Regeneration was created by RESOLVE, an international nonprofit that uses an uncommon blend of ingenuity and grit to solve disputes and the most challenging problems facing people and the planet. We launched Regeneration with catalytic support from Rio Tinto, our first founding member. Regeneration uses earnings from the sale of responsibly sourced minerals and reinvests them to help fund habitat restoration and transform former mine sites into ecological and community assets.
Regeneration is an international, social enterprise that converts mine waste into responsible minerals and turns degraded lands into ecological and community assets. We work in partnership with local and Indigenous communities, governments, sustainable brands, and strategic business partners in the mining, technology, and remediation and restoration sectors.
We have expanded our partnership with sustainable jewelry brand Mejuri, who has created four limited edition hoops made from Salmon Gold sourced from revitalized mines in Alaska that support restoring ecosystems and habitats.
The first project from Regeneration, Salmon Gold combines re-mining with restoration to improve streams and open them back up for salmon, grayling and other fish species to return. Salmon Gold aids in restoring specific Alaska and Yukon Territory habitats, which supports Mejuri’s commitments to climate positivity and traceability.
This partnership signifies the beginning of yearly collections crafted in 14k gold and features the Regeneration logo, a testament to Mejuri’s dedication to sustainability and environmental revitalization.
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Donors and investors support Regeneration, our sites, new technologies, and nature-based solutions.
Mining companies invest in Regeneration, work with us to support remining and restoration at legacy and active sites, and gain access to innovative technologies.
We work with innovators and entrepreneurs to test, support, and scale technologies for remining, reprocessing, water, and restoration. We partner with a range of experts in law, policy, finance, engineering, geology, and other areas.
Manufacturing and brand partners invest, participate in biodiversity and community projects, and source minerals.
We partner with Indigenous and other local communities. We create economic opportunities that build on traditional environmental and cultural knowledge.
Governments engage us to address orphan mining sites, support technology innovation, and foster community partnerships.
Regeneration builds partnerships along the minerals value chain, from source to product.
Rio Tinto was our first, catalytic investor and a site and technology partner. Rio Tinto, Apple, and Mejuri are our founding partners.
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