The Firm

Who We Are

A private mining and critical minerals development firm

Alnitak Resources is a private mining and critical minerals development firm that architects the financial, legal, and operational infrastructure required to bring strategic mineral deposits into responsible, financeable production. We operate where private capital and conventional project finance have historically struggled to clear: at the formalization of artisanal and small-scale mining, and at the sovereign scale required to develop world-class deposits in alignment with host-nation priorities, multilateral development finance standards, and institutional capital underwriting requirements.

Our platform integrates direct mining and processing operations with sovereign-aligned partnership structures, proprietary ESG and chain-of-custody data infrastructure, and a network of in-country joint ventures with credentialed local partners. We are sector-focused on the strategic minerals that underpin the energy transition, defense supply chains, and the industrial sovereignty of allied nations.

We believe responsible operators working in genuine partnership with host nations and aligned capital should be the ones building the deposits that will define the next two decades of global industrial development.

Our Approach

Three capabilities. One integrated platform.

Artisanal Formalization

Centralized, mercury-free processing campuses that convert informal ASM activity into legally formalized, environmentally compliant production at industrial scale.

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Sovereign-Aligned Platforms

Critical mineral platforms structured in close partnership with host-nation governments, designed to advance national industrialization while satisfying institutional underwriting standards.

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Strategic Mineral Bankability

Legal, financial, and operational architecture that advances undercapitalized world-class deposits from technically-proven-but-stuck to financeable, financed, and operational.

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Leadership

Our founders

Rodney Thompson

Rodney Thompson

Managing Director & Co-Founding Partner, Alnitak Resources LLC

Founder & Managing General Partner, Winthrop-Cissé Capital

Audrey Mpendwa Cissé

Audrey Mpendwa Cissé

Co-Founding Director, Alnitak Resources LLC

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Philosophy

Three principles anchor our work

The first is that capital must be aligned. We work only with capital partners whose return horizons, risk frameworks, and stewardship expectations match the multi-decade nature of strategic mineral platforms. Misaligned capital does not survive contact with sovereign-scale development.

The second is that operations must be sovereign. The firms that endure in this sector are those that operate as genuine partners to host nations, not as extractive counterparties. We build platforms designed to advance national industrial strategy alongside investor returns.

The third is that stewardship is structural. ESG performance is not a marketing position or a corporate social responsibility line item. It is the precondition for sovereign trust, institutional capital access, and community partnership. We build it into every operating agreement and measure it through audit-grade data infrastructure.

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