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<figure id="figure-to1fh5dvydmsd97ko6"><img id="to1fh5dvydmsd97ko6" src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/3biehCgIbPSf3kmzIEX7RZsEUTVuNrqx8ajrPBvgneNqo4t2WQDxxLRAEEsHdW5b.jpg" alt="" title="" class="object-cover bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: center center;" data-corners="default" data-aspect="16:9" data-caption="" data-positionx="undefined" data-positiony="undefined" data-fullwidth="false" data-mce-src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/3biehCgIbPSf3kmzIEX7RZsEUTVuNrqx8ajrPBvgneNqo4t2WQDxxLRAEEsHdW5b.jpg" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: center center;"></figure>Edwin Abreu and President Nayib Bukele Discuss El Salvador’s Next Chapter Walking with President Nayib Bukele, discussing a clear vision for El Salvador’s continued advancement: responsible investment, advanced technology, stronger local industry and more value created within the country.Through YVIRIS, my focus is to connect capital, strategic materials, processing capability and international market access to create employment, strengthen national capacity and support lasting economic progress.El Salvador has demonstrated what determined leadership can change.The next chapter is about transforming opportunity into productive capacity.A nation is not defined only by what it possesses. It is defined by what it builds.Edwin Dior AbreuChief Executive Officer, YVIRISOwn the intelligence, not only the mineralLearn more about Edwin Abreu: https://yviris.com/edwin-abreu

Edwin Abreu President Bukele El Salvador

<figure id="figure-tqvnqj7a1jmsd5k0o3"><img id="tqvnqj7a1jmsd5k0o3" src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/2afbEjK04q8YUYa6ZZGtlLtCb3oHBGRNRr43cuC1EIypG87nZgRhHFwg2rHdj4pV.png" alt="" title="" class="object-cover bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: center center;" data-corners="default" data-aspect="16:9" data-caption="" data-positionx="undefined" data-positiony="undefined" data-fullwidth="false" data-mce-src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/2afbEjK04q8YUYa6ZZGtlLtCb3oHBGRNRr43cuC1EIypG87nZgRhHFwg2rHdj4pV.png" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: center center;"></figure>AI HAS A PHYSICAL BODY!Everyone Wants AI. Nobody Wants What Keeps It Alive. By Jessica SmithEveryone wants artificial intelligence.We want it to answer faster, work longer, cure diseases, teach children, protect businesses and make life easier.But almost nobody wants to discuss what keeps it alive.We call it “the cloud” because that makes it sound clean, invisible and weightless.It is none of those things.AI lives inside enormous physical facilities filled with servers, electrical equipment, cooling systems, wiring and specialized components.It needs land.It needs electricity.It needs water.It needs copper, gold, silver, steel, silicon and other processed materials.Artificial intelligence may think digitally.But it survives physically.We Want the Technology Without Its Footprint This is the contradiction.People demand more AI while opposing the power plants, transmission lines, data centers, factories and mines required to support it.We want electric vehicles, but not the minerals inside their batteries.We want renewable energy, but not the mines, transmission infrastructure or industrial facilities behind it.We want faster phones, smarter machines and larger digital systems.But we want the physical cost to remain invisible.That is not progress.That is denial.Every time someone asks AI a question, the request enters a physical system somewhere.Servers process it.Cooling systems control the heat.Electrical networks deliver the power.Mined and refined materials make the equipment possible.The digital world does not replace the physical world.It sits on top of it.Before AI Can Think, Someone Must Build The public conversation usually begins with software.But the real chain begins much earlier.Before the software can run, someone must build the data center.Before the data center can operate, someone must strengthen the grid.Before the grid can carry more power, someone must produce the conductors, transformers, machinery and equipment.Before those products can exist, someone must extract and process the materials.AI begins with code.But it also begins with copper in a wire, gold in a connection, silver in an electrical component and steel in a structure.The future may look digital.Its foundation is still buried in the ground.The Answer Is Not to Stop Progress The answer is not to reject artificial intelligence.The answer is to stop pretending that technology has no physical consequences.If society wants more AI, it must also demand better systems beneath it:more responsible mineral development; stronger material traceability; safer production; more local processing; greater value for producing countries; clearer accountability across the supply chain. The real choice is not between technology and mining.The choice is between irresponsible development and responsible development.The YVIRIS Position YVIRIS believes technological progress and responsible mineral development are not enemies.They are part of the same system.The world cannot demand unlimited digital growth while refusing to recognize the physical materials supporting it.A more intelligent future requires a more intelligent supply chain.That means knowing where materials come from.It means creating more value where they originate.It means connecting mineral development to processing, verification, responsible production and qualified international markets.Everyone wants artificial intelligence.Very few people want to see what keeps it alive.But ignoring the foundation will not make it disappear.Before AI can think, someone must build.Before someone can build, materials must exist.And before those materials become technology, they begin in the ground.&nbsp; Edwin Dior AbreuChief Executive Officer, YVIRISOwn the intelligence, not only the mineralLearn more about Edwin Abreu: https://yviris.com/edwin-abreu

Everyone Wants AI. Nobody Wants What Keeps It Alive

<figure id="figure-ksz24t420imsd4gq17" class=""><img id="ksz24t420imsd4gq17" src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/31pWO51KlH7kIqczIaxjXWVmqc82DU0YfrZpIvwGEtKofmzPvcuG0vmCxtqPGcBo.jpg" alt="" title="" class="object-cover bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: center center;" data-corners="default" data-aspect="16:9" data-caption="" data-positionx="undefined" data-positiony="undefined" data-fullwidth="false" data-mce-src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/31pWO51KlH7kIqczIaxjXWVmqc82DU0YfrZpIvwGEtKofmzPvcuG0vmCxtqPGcBo.jpg" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: center center;"></figure>Your phone, your home, your car, your electricity and much of the world around you began beneath the ground. By Jessica SmithBefore you speak to your family, open the curtains or step outside, you probably reach for your phone.You see a screen.You see messages.You see technology.But you do not see the mine.The device in your hand did not begin in a store. It did not begin in a laboratory. It did not begin with an app, a logo or a product launch.It began in the earth.Before your phone became a camera, bank, map, workplace and connection to the world, it was rock, metal, heat, pressure and human labor.That truth is easy to forget because modern life is designed to hide its beginnings.We see the finished product.We rarely see where it came from.Mining Is Already Inside Your Life Mining is often discussed as though it belongs somewhere far away.It is presented as something happening beyond the city, beyond the office and beyond the lives of ordinary people.But mining is not outside your life.It is already inside it.It is in the electrical wiring behind your walls.It is in the pipes carrying water through your home.It is in your refrigerator, your television, your laptop and the vehicle parked outside.It is in the roads beneath your tires, the buildings above your head and the networks carrying your voice across the world.Even the cleanest-looking technology depends on physical materials.Cloud computing still requires buildings.Artificial intelligence still requires servers.Servers still require energy, cooling systems, conductors, processors and equipment.The digital world may appear invisible, but the infrastructure supporting it is intensely physical.Behind every screen is a supply chain.Behind every supply chain is material.Behind much of that material is a mine.Walk Through One Ordinary Morning Your alarm sounds.The phone beside your bed contains metals and minerals that allow it to store energy, process information, transmit signals and display images.You turn on the bathroom light.Electricity travels through conductive materials hidden behind the walls.You open the tap.Water moves through pipes manufactured from materials extracted, processed and formed into the systems we depend upon every day.You enter the kitchen.Your appliances, cookware, wiring and plumbing all rely on materials that came from the earth.You drive to work.The vehicle contains steel, aluminum, copper, glass, electronic systems and, depending on the model, a large battery supported by an international mineral supply chain.You arrive at the office and open a computer.Another screen.Another processor.Another collection of refined materials performing tasks that would have seemed impossible only a generation ago.By the time most people finish breakfast, they have already depended on mining dozens of times without thinking about it once.We Want the Product, but We Reject the Origin This is where the conversation becomes uncomfortable.We want faster phones.We want more powerful computers.We want electric vehicles, renewable energy, artificial intelligence, modern hospitals, stronger communications and more advanced infrastructure.But we often speak about the materials behind those systems as though they should appear without extraction, processing or industrial development.We celebrate the finished product while distancing ourselves from its origin.We want the clean surface.We do not want to see the difficult beginning.But refusing to see the beginning does not make it disappear.It only makes it easier for the world to ignore what happens there.And when society ignores the beginning of the supply chain, the people, communities and countries at that beginning are often left with the least visibility and the smallest share of the final value.The Real Question Is Not Whether We Mine The modern world is not deciding whether it will depend on mining.That decision has already been made through the way we live.The real question is how mining will be carried out, who will benefit from it and how much value will remain in the places where the material originates.Will minerals leave producing countries with little processing, limited transparency and minimal local economic impact?Or will mineral development create employment, skills, infrastructure, stronger suppliers, government revenue and long-term industrial capacity?Will communities see only the cost of extraction?Or will they participate in the value created from the resources beneath them?Will international buyers understand where their materials came from?Or will the most important part of the supply chain remain hidden?These are the questions that matter.Responsibility Begins With Recognition It is easy to demand responsible production when we pretend we have no connection to the industry.Real responsibility begins when we recognize that we are all connected to it.Every consumer is connected.Every technology company is connected.Every energy company is connected.Every government building infrastructure is connected.Every person reading this article on a phone, tablet or computer is connected.Once we accept that connection, the conversation becomes more honest.The goal should not be to hide mining.The goal should be to improve it.That means stronger operating standards.It means better traceability.It means safer systems.It means verified material origin.It means more local processing.It means creating a greater share of value in the countries and communities where mineral development begins.What YVIRIS Believes YVIRIS was built around a simple idea:More value should be created where the material begins. We believe mineral development should be connected to a wider economic system.Extraction is only one step.The greater opportunity comes from linking mineral origin to processing, verification, quality control, local skills, responsible production and qualified international markets.That connection creates visibility.It creates confidence for buyers.It creates stronger opportunities for producers.Most importantly, it creates a path for mineral-producing countries to participate in more than the first stage of the value chain.The world will continue to need gold, silver, copper and other strategic materials.The question is whether the systems surrounding those materials will become more transparent, more balanced and more productive for everyone involved.Look at Your Phone Again Tomorrow morning, when your alarm sounds, pause before opening your messages.Look at the device in your hand.It represents science.It represents engineering.It represents global communication.But before it became any of those things, it was material.It came from somewhere.Someone extracted it.Someone transported it.Someone processed it.Someone refined it.Someone transformed it into something the world now considers essential.Your phone did not begin in a store.It did not begin with an app.It did not begin with a brand.It began in the ground.Mining is not a distant industry disconnected from normal people.It is hidden inside normal life.The question is no longer whether modern society depends on it.The question is whether we are prepared to understand it, improve it and build a better system around it.&nbsp; Edwin Dior AbreuChief Executive Officer, YVIRISOwn the intelligence, not only the mineralLearn more about Edwin Abreu: https://yviris.com/edwin-abreu

The First Thing You Touch Every Morning Came From a Mine

By Jessica Smith&nbsp;If Mining Is Dangerous, Why Are Wealthy Nations Racing to Control It? The world is not moving away from mining. It is reorganizing who controls the minerals, processing capacity and supply chains behind modern power. By Edwin Abreu (Dior Abreu) Managing Director, GSC Investment Holding Strategic Leadership Behind YVIRISMining is frequently presented as an industry the modern world should leave behind.It is described through the language of environmental risk, difficult labor conditions and damage left behind in mineral-producing communities.Those concerns are real.But another reality is unfolding at the same time.The world’s wealthiest economies are accelerating efforts to secure mineral deposits, processing capacity, strategic partnerships and long-term supply.The European Union has formally designated dozens of extraction, processing and recycling developments as strategic projects. Some are located inside Europe, while others are being developed through partnerships with countries outside the Union. The stated purpose is clear: strengthen supply security and reduce dependence on concentrated sources.The International Energy Agency has reached a similar conclusion. Demand for important energy minerals continues to grow, while mining and refining remain geographically concentrated. That concentration has pushed mineral security to the center of industrial, energy and geopolitical policy.So the real global debate is no longer:Should mining exist? The real questions are:Who will control it? Where will the minerals be processed? Who will capture the value? Which countries will remain suppliers—and which will become industrial powers? Mining never disappeared Modern economies cannot separate themselves from physical materials.Digital systems may appear weightless, but the infrastructure supporting them is not.Artificial intelligence requires data centers. Data centers require electrical networks, cooling systems, servers, semiconductors and enormous quantities of physical infrastructure.Energy systems require transmission lines, storage technology, generators, transformers and conductive materials.Advanced manufacturing, communications, defense, transportation and aerospace all depend on secure access to minerals and refined materials.The technology the world sees is built upon materials most people never see.This is why governments that publicly emphasize environmental transition are simultaneously working to secure mining, refining and recycling capacity.They understand that control over material supply is becoming a form of economic power.The contradiction is only visible from the outside From the outside, it may appear contradictory for wealthy nations to criticize mining while investing heavily in controlling its output.From inside the system, the strategy is logical.The objective is not necessarily to eliminate extraction.The objective is to move the highest-value parts of the supply chain closer to the countries and companies with the greatest financial, technological and political power.A country can possess the mineral deposit and still capture only a small portion of the final value.The material may leave as raw ore or low-grade concentrate. It may then be processed, refined, certified, financed, manufactured and sold elsewhere.Each transformation adds value.Each step also creates employment, technical capability, tax revenue, commercial intelligence and influence over the market.The question for mineral-producing nations is therefore not simply how much material they can extract.It is how much of the value chain they can retain.The choice is not mining versus no mining The meaningful choice is between different models of development.One model removes material with limited local processing, limited traceability and limited long-term economic transformation.Another model connects mineral development to:responsible operating standards; local processing and value addition; workforce training; national supplier development; transparent chain-of-custody systems; assay and quality verification; government revenue; international market access. Mining without structure can leave a country with depleted resources and little lasting capacity.Mining connected to infrastructure, technology and local value creation can become a foundation for broader industrial development.That distinction must become the center of the conversation.Mineral-producing countries must negotiate from a position of value The global competition for minerals gives producing countries more leverage than many realize.But leverage is lost when a country participates only at the point of extraction.Greater value is created when mineral-producing nations can negotiate around:processing capacity; infrastructure investment; skills transfer; transparent purchasing; export quality; verified origin; long-term offtake; access to international capital and buyers. The objective should not be to prevent global industry from accessing mineral resources.The objective should be to build partnerships in which the producing country advances alongside the resource.That means creating systems where international capital strengthens local capacity instead of replacing it.The YVIRIS position YVIRIS was developed around a simple principle:More value should be created where the material begins. Our focus is not extraction alone.It is the connection between mineral origin, processing, verification, international markets and the industries that depend upon high-performing materials.That requires working with governments, mineral-right holders, local operators, technical partners and qualified buyers.It also requires recognizing that every country and every mineral asset is different.There is no universal development formula.The right structure must account for the geology, infrastructure, workforce, regulatory environment, communities and national priorities surrounding the resource.Control will shape the next economy The nations and institutions securing mineral supply today are not thinking only about current commodity prices.They are thinking about the infrastructure of the next several decades.They understand that the world cannot manufacture its way into the future without reliable access to physical materials.The competition is not simply for what remains underground.It is for control over the systems that transform those materials into economic and strategic power.That is why wealthy nations are racing to control mining.Not because mining has become less important.Because it has become impossible to ignore.Edwin Dior AbreuChief Executive Officer, YVIRISOwn the intelligence, not only the mineralLearn more about Edwin Abreu: https://yviris.com/edwin-abreu<figure id="figure-tio1szyatmsd48710"><img id="tio1szyatmsd48710" src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/263ACDdAOa3Cz4YkUNqqIioPJrAuQPiRkmQOLgbvsSgtOhnT60w94IvKtdsmb0K3.jpg" alt="" title="" class="object-cover bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: 45% 30%;" data-corners="default" data-aspect="16:9" data-caption="" data-positionx="45%" data-positiony="30%" data-fullwidth="false" data-mce-src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/263ACDdAOa3Cz4YkUNqqIioPJrAuQPiRkmQOLgbvsSgtOhnT60w94IvKtdsmb0K3.jpg" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: 45% 30%;"></figure>

If Mining Is Dangerous, Why Are Wealthy Nations Racing to Control It?

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