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Nexus 7 Elements
What We Do
Nexus 7 Elements turns domestic, industrial, and mining waste into high-value critical mineral products.
It deploys modular processing facilities using a proprietary technology platform called C.H.I.P.S.™ (Chemelectrosonication Ionization Precipitation System), which extracts rare earth elements and other critical minerals from materials most companies treat as garbage — mine tailings, coal ash, fly ash, and complex mixed ores.
The result is faster, lower-risk scaling than traditional mining, with a zero-waste processing objective that turns residual materials into usable byproducts rather than creating new waste.
What We Do
Nexus 7 Elements turns domestic, industrial, and mining waste into high-value critical mineral products.
It deploys modular processing facilities using a proprietary technology platform called C.H.I.P.S.™
(Chemelectrosonication Ionization Precipitation System), which extracts rare earth elements and other critical minerals from materials most companies treat as garbage — mine tailings, coal ash, fly ash, and complex mixed ores.
The result is faster, lower-risk scaling than traditional mining, with a zero-waste processing objective that turns residual materials into usable byproducts rather than creating new waste.
The Problem We Solve
America’s critical mineral supply chains face three compounding bottlenecks: processing capacity is concentrated overseas, new mines take a decade or more to develop, and environmental permitting creates friction at every stage.
The U.S. has the raw materials — billions of tons of previously mined waste sitting in piles across the country — but has lacked the processing technology to economically recover what’s in them. Nexus 7 treats these waste streams as “above-ground ore” and processes them domestically, reducing reliance on foreign refiners and strengthening supply chains for defense, energy, and advanced manufacturing.
Why Nexus 7 Is Different
Works on anything
Most competitors build a single processing system for a single type of ore from a single deposit. When the feed chemistry changes, their system breaks. Nexus 7’s platform is feedstock-agnostic — it’s engineered with configurable processing circuits that can be tuned to handle different materials without rebuilding the business each time.
Full extraction, not just concentration
Many projects can produce a mineral concentrate but can’t economically refine it into a finished product. They’re stuck shipping concentrates overseas for processing — the same dependency the U.S. is trying to break. Nexus 7 targets on-site refining to produce market-ready products like mixed rare earth oxides, yttrium oxide, and scandium oxide.
Zero waste is the business model, not the marketing
Many companies that claim to process waste end up creating new waste. Our system is designed around closed-loop outcomes that turn residual materials into sellable products — including reinforced concrete alternatives. This isn’t just good for the environment; it eliminates the permitting and liability costs that come with generating new tailings.
Network beats single bet
Our competitors are single-project companies. Nexus 7 is building a network of processing sites with standardized modules, shared quality systems, and shared offtake structures. Performance improves as the network grows.
Modular and repeatable
Instead of building one massive custom plant, Nexus 7 standardizes processing modules, validates performance, then replicates. This means financing, construction, commissioning, and staffing are repeatable — and repeatability is what makes a one-site project into a national platform.
Performance
The C.H.I.P.S. platform achieves 75% recovery rates and 99.95% product purity at 1.2 GJ/ton of energy use — significantly below industry averages. Flow sheets have been reviewed by the EPA with commercial-scale projections verified. SGS laboratory reports with chain-of-custody documentation provide independent validation. The system’s geopolymer byproduct tests at 10,000 PSI compression strength and is approximately 40% lighter than conventional concrete.
Technology & Intellectual Property
C.H.I.P.S.™ integrates proprietary process know-how, operating recipes, process controls, and system integration techniques that constitute trade secrets and protected intellectual property. The platform’s configurable processing circuits allow deployment across mobile, modular, and brick-and-mortar configurations depending on site requirements and production scale.
Market Opportunity
The U.S. currently consumes approximately 6,600 tons of rare earth oxide equivalent per year, a number expected to grow as domestic separation capacity, permanent magnet manufacturing, and downstream applications expand. Nexus 7’s production capability across its current five planned sites totals approximately 4,377 tons per year of rare earth oxides, plus significant volumes of battery metals (primarily lithium carbonate), industrial metals (titanium dioxide, manganese), and trace precious metals.
Beyond commercial markets, there is a strategic procurement channel through the Defense Logistics Agency and National Defense Stockpile that can provide demand certainty through long-term purchase commitments for defense-critical materials — particularly yttrium and scandium oxides where commercial markets are thin but strategic value is high.
Competitive Landscape
Nexus 7 competes across three categories: traditional mine-to-oxide operators who are single-deposit dependent and face decade-long development timelines; separation-only companies that require pre-concentrated feedstock and cannot handle raw waste; and single-feedstock processors limited to one material type. Nexus 7 wins against each because our platform is feedstock-agnostic, produces zero waste, deploys modularly, generates co-product economics, and executes faster than any traditional path from discovery to production.
Leadership
Trever W. Leamon
Project Director & Chief Executive Officer
A project-development executive with 20+ years of experience in energy, mining, and infrastructure projects. Currently leads ENERG4 Mining Company and Nexus 7 Elements LLC, driving technical strategy and commercialization. Focused on developing a “Reverse Mining” platform for critical-mineral recovery and advanced energy solutions.
Chad Dillie
Business Development & Strategic Partnerships Lead
A serial entrepreneur with 20+ years in energy, commodities, and capital formation. Co-Founder & COO of ENERG4 Mining Company and ZEN10 Holdings, focused on partnerships, deal structuring, and infrastructure development. Leads business development and financing strategy for energy and critical-minerals projects, including geothermal and “Reverse Mining” initiatives
Eric Messer
Plant Design, Scale-Up & Integration Lead – C.H.I.P.S™/PEC Facilities
A plant design and EPC expert with 25+ years in energy and industrial sectors. Co-founder of SMZ Technology and co-inventor of the C.H.I.P.S. system, focused on zero-waste mining and critical-minerals processing. Leads engineering, scale-up, and plant integration for advanced energy and materials projects.