Anglo American Urges Faster Critical-Mineral Discovery

Anglo American CTO Tom McCulley told delegates at the AME Roundup in Vancouver on Monday that the global energy transition will fail without faster, deeper mineral discovery. He outlined proprietary technologies—Spectrum airborne surveys, low-temperature SQUID magnetometry and AI-assisted core logging—and highlighted the approved $53 billion merger with Teck plus $300 million Canadian exploration and a $100 million research institute. He emphasized community water projects such as Quellaveco’s 60-million-cubic-metre dam.