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Statement on Accelerating Investment for Critical Minerals Projects in G7 Countries and Like-Minded Partners
Paris, June 10, 2026
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We, mining companies, financial institutions, industrial groups, business associations and public stakeholders of G7 and like-minded countries, gathered in Paris on June 10th, 2026 at the initiative of the French G7 Presidency, recognize the strategic importance of critical minerals for the prosperity, economic security and energy transition of our economies.
We reiterate the recommendations of the 2025 B7 communiqué, in particular the need to strengthen resilient and diversified supply chains among trusted partners and to enhance international cooperation within the G7 and like-minded partners. We welcome progress in ongoing G7 discussions and underline the complementarity of measures supporting production and supply diversification, market frameworks, transparency and traceability, strategic stockpiling, recycling and innovation.
We recognize the need to complement these public efforts with stronger and sustained private sector mobilization. In this context, we note that financing mining, processing and refining projects at an early stage remains challenging, and that mobilizing capital requires enhanced coordination across the value chain.
We are committed to collectively supporting the mobilization of additional private capital, notably through expanded use of equity and blended finance instruments, long-term offtake agreements, and strengthened partnerships between industry, financial institutions and public actors, with each stakeholder contributing within its respective role and area of responsibility. We underline the importance of improving transparency, comprehensive risk management standards and project preparation to enhance bankability, and facilitate informed investment decisions, in line with each actor’s mandate, investment policy and applicable regulatory requirements.
To support this mobilization, we call on G7 governments to continue scaling up risk-sharing instruments, support early-stage project development, and strengthen coordination with multilateral development banks to crowd-in private investment. We encourage enhanced cooperation with resource-rich partners, as well as initiatives aimed at aggregating demand across trusted partners in order to improve market visibility, strengthen investment signals and facilitate long-term financing decisions.
Companies from G7 countries and like-minded partners stand ready to engage collectively with the G7 and to contribute, where relevant, to its work through dedicated working groups.
Done in Paris, on the 10th of June 2026
Source: Ministère de l'Économie, des Finances et de la Souveraineté industrielle, énergétique et numérique
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