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Falcon Allied
Supply Chains

Falcon Allied Supply Chains works to increase the copper available to the United States and its allies. That can mean mining, smelting or refining in allied countries, under the Pax Silica framework and the developing U.S.–Zambia critical-minerals compact.

Platform at a Glance
Tier
Allied Supply
Zambia and the African Copperbelt
Policy Basis
Pax Silica · U.S.–Zambia Compact
Developing critical-minerals supply framework
Pedigree
Tenke Fungurume · Mutanda · KCC · Cortez District
Falcon's team held senior operating roles at each
Status
Active evaluation
Project identification and advancement ongoing

U.S. supply security
requires allied-nation
copper.

Even with maximum domestic exploration investment, U.S. mine production cannot alone meet the copper demand required by grid electrification, AI infrastructure, and defense systems. Allied international supply is a structural necessity.

The U.S. government has recognized this through ongoing critical-minerals negotiations with Zambia. Falcon Allied Supply Chains works within that developing framework to increase the copper available to the United States and its allies, through mining, smelting or refining in allied countries.

Zambia's Copperbelt
Zambia's Copperbelt hosts some of the world's highest-grade copper deposits outside Chile and Peru. The geology and mining infrastructure represent a tier-one resource base within the Pax Silica framework.
The Zambia Framework
The U.S. and Zambia are developing a critical-minerals supply compact, creating the policy architecture for U.S. companies to advance copper projects that contribute to allied-nation supply chains.

Operators who have
worked the Copperbelt.

Falcon Allied Supply Chains is led by Rick Gittleman, Eric Best and Mike Ciricillo, who have held senior operating roles at Freeport Africa (Tenke Fungurume), Glencore (Mutanda, KCC) and Mopani.

RG
Rick Gittleman
President

Fmr. Senior VP Freeport Africa; senior management team Tenke Fungurume; senior management copper group, Glencore. J.D., American University.

EB
Eric Best
Executive Vice President

Fmr. CEO Glencore Mutanda Mining; Fmr. GM Cortez District, Barrick; Fmr. COO Mineral Park; senior roles at Freeport Tenke Fungurume.

MC
Mike Ciricillo
Executive Vice President

Fmr. GM Freeport Miami Smelter & smelter manager Chino; Fmr. Glencore Head of Global Copper Production; Fmr. President Freeport Africa (Tenke Fungurume); Fmr. CEO Nevada Copper.

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