USG Equity in the Critical Minerals Sector

Mayer Brown held a capital solutions session on the landscape of U.S. government equity and equity-linked investments in the Critical Minerals sector.

We discussed:

• The policy shift that has led to a surge in U.S government equity investments in the critical minerals sectors, including key transactions
• The logic of using equity and equity-linked instruments in lieu of debt
• The toolkit, including direct equity, warrants, convertible preferred equity and convertible notes
• Governance rights and economics during the life of the investment
• Planned exit mechanisms