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Media resources for KWE Metals LLC
Brand marks, company facts, founder biography, our current press release and the certified reserve documentation. Journalists, analysts and partners may use these materials with attribution to KWE Metals LLC.
Brand marks
Company fact sheet
- Legal name
- KWE Metals LLC
- Founded by
- Francis O’Scier, Founder, President & CEO
- Headquarters
- 5591 Camp Road Suite 444, Hamburg, NY 14075, USA
- Operations
- Honduras and other Central American countries
- Commodities
- Copper, iron ore, cobalt, nickel, gold, silver, antimony and precious stones
- Motto
- Go Green, It Stays Clean
- Contact
- +1-844-593-4766 · Mon–Fri 9:00–17:00 EST
- Media enquiries
- info@kwemetals.org
Founder biography
Francis O’Scier
Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer
Francis O’Scier founded KWE Metals LLC to prove that mineral extraction and environmental stewardship are not opposing objectives. He leads the company from its headquarters in Hamburg, New York, and directs field operations across concessions in Honduras and neighbouring Central American countries, where KWE produces copper, iron ore, cobalt, nickel, gold, silver, antimony and precious stones.
His operating philosophy is small-footprint extraction with concurrent rehabilitation — adit and bench mining rather than very large open pits, closed-loop process water, segregation of potentially acid-generating waste rock, and revegetation of retired benches while the mine is still producing. He has been a consistent advocate for formalising artisanal and small-scale mining in the region, replacing mercury amalgamation with controlled gravity and leach circuits so that local miners earn more from the same ground with less harm to it.
O’Scier is also responsible for the wider KWE family of companies, including Gro Green, Inc. and Freedom Villas. The motto he set for the group — “Go Green, It Stays Clean” — is applied as an engineering standard rather than a slogan.
Press release
For immediate release · Hamburg, New York
KWE Metals LLC advances certified Honduran copper and iron ore concessions under sustainable extraction programme
KWE Metals LLC, a United States–headquartered sustainable mining enterprise, today detailed the status of its mineral concessions in Honduras, where a reserve summary prepared by Consultores Geología de CentroAmérica S.A. and certified to Behre Dolbear Capital Inc. of 100 Park Avenue, New York, identifies 623,000,000 metric tonnes of iron ore and 900,000,000 metric tonnes of copper mineralisation, together with gold and silver values recorded in fracture-zone sampling.
The company produces and ships copper ores and concentrates, magnetite iron feed, cobalt and nickel material, antimony and stibnite, gold and silver doré, and rough precious stones. Every commodity line is quoted against published exchange benchmarks with stated grade, packaging and payable terms, and material is supported by assay documentation including XRF screening and fire assay verification.
KWE Metals operates under a small-footprint extraction model with progressive rehabilitation, closed-loop process water, and local employment and procurement in the communities hosting its concessions. The company also operates Gro Green, Inc., supplying professional-grade fertilisers, grass seed, lime, rock salt and ice melt, and Freedom Villas, which manufactures off-grid container homes and small living houses.
“Metal is going to be mined either way,” said Francis O’Scier, Founder, President and CEO. “The only real question is whether the ground is left in a condition someone can live on afterwards. That is the standard we build to.”
Media contact: KWE Metals LLC, 5591 Camp Road Suite 444, Hamburg, NY 14075 · +1-844-593-4766 · info@kwemetals.org
Contact press officeBehre Dolbear reserve documentation
The reserve summary for the Honduran concessions, including El Cacao and Jicarito, was prepared by Consultores Geología de CentroAmérica S.A. and certified to Behre Dolbear Capital Inc., 100 Park Avenue, New York. Qualified Person: Roberto López, Certified Mining Engineer.
- Iron ore
- 623,000,000 metric tonnes
- Copper
- 900,000,000 metric tonnes
- Gold
- Up to 37 g/t Au (fracture-zone sample maximum)
- Silver
- Up to 48 g/t Ag (fracture-zone sample maximum)
Gold and silver figures are individual sample maxima from fracture-zone sampling, not average deposit grades. Figures are quoted from the certified reserve summary and are provided for information; they are not an offer of securities.
Boilerplate
KWE Metals LLC is a United States–headquartered sustainable mining company producing copper, iron ore, cobalt, nickel, gold, silver, antimony and precious stones from concessions in Honduras and other Central American countries. Founded by Francis O’Scier, the company mines to a small-footprint standard with progressive rehabilitation and sells mine-direct against published exchange benchmarks. Motto: Go Green, It Stays Clean.
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