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Strategic Resource Intelligence
OSINT research, white paper analysis and law and policy analysis on critical minerals, industrial capacity and geopolitical power.
Trace the record. Examine who controls supply. Understand what the evidence means for industrial and national power.
OSINT research
Investigations built from public records, technical documents and source data.
White paper analysis
Original reports summarized and tested against current strategic-resource evidence.
Law and policy analysis
Statutes and hearings traced through mineral effects, implementation and later legal changes.
20 entries in this curated archive
OSINT research
Silver Stealers: An Evidence Audit
An independent review of Silver Stealers: which historical findings hold up, which leads merit investigation, and where interpretation exceeds the presented evidence.
- Evidence audit
- Silver policy
- Institutional networks
- Source verification
Source Multiple editions · Review October 5, 2026Read the research →
OSINT research
Project Solarium: The American Crusade
Trace the American Crusade passage, British strategic decline, resource access and the difference between Solarium proposals and adopted policy.
- Geopolitics
- British imperialism
- Resource access
- Cold War
- National security
Source 1953 · Review October 5, 2026Read the research →
OSINT research
Task Force A: Alliances, Resources and Endurance
Examine Kennan’s task force on coalition strength, resource development, colonial tensions and the costs of sustained preparedness.
- Project Solarium
- National security
- Resource access
- Alliances
Source 1953 · Review October 5, 2026Read the research →
OSINT research
Task Force B: Deterrence and the Threat of General War
Examine the proposed boundary against Soviet military expansion, general-war deterrence, imperial commitments and public support.
- Project Solarium
- National security
- Resource access
- Deterrence
Source 1953 · Review October 5, 2026Read the research →
OSINT research
Task Force C: The American Crusade
Trace the American Crusade proposal through its phases, economic and covert pressure, regional commitments and accepted risks.
- Project Solarium
- National security
- Resource access
- Strategic offensive
Source 1953 · Review October 5, 2026Read the research →
White paper analysis
World Order and Critical Minerals
Read Bradley H. Roberts's 1996 world-order framework through today's contest over mineral access, processing capacity and resource sovereignty.
- Critical minerals
- Geopolitics
- Resource governance
- Silver
Source 1996 · Review October 3, 2026Read the research →
White paper analysis
Strategic Minerals in the New World Order
Analyze Kent Hughes Butts's 1993 mineral-security argument against current import dependence, stockpile governance and processing risks.
- Critical minerals
- Stockpiles
- Geopolitics
- Industrial capacity
- Silver
Source 1993 · Review October 3, 2026Read the research →
White paper analysis
Strategic Minerals: U.S. Alternatives
Test Kenneth A. Kessel's 1990 distinction between dependence and vulnerability against today's supply alternatives, processing constraints and silver substitution evidence.
- Critical minerals
- Supply resilience
- Substitution
- Industrial capacity
- Silver
Source 1990 · Review October 3, 2026Read the research →
White paper analysis
Waste Circuit Boards and Strategic Metals
Examine the 2020 Croatian circuit-board study through sourced metal-content tables, charts and the evidence needed to turn electronic waste into qualified secondary supply.
- Electronic waste
- Recycling
- Critical minerals
- Silver
- Gold
- Copper
Source 2020 · Review October 3, 2026Read the research →
White paper analysis
Silver Recovery from Photographic Wastes
Examine GAO's 1981 federal laboratory audit, distinguish reported results from savings models, and trace recovery through custody, refining and qualified secondary supply.
- Silver
- Recycling
- Federal agencies
- Recovery economics
- Inventory controls
- Secondary supply
Source 1981 · Review October 4, 2026Read the research →
White paper analysis
Historical Silver Production, 1493–1927
Explore the Bureau of Mines' 1930 compilation through period averages, annual world output, historical producing territories, regional shifts and U.S. ore sources, with source tables and CSV downloads.
- Silver
- Historical production
- Data methodology
- Producer concentration
- Ore sources
Source 1930 · Review October 4, 2026Read the research →
White paper analysis
Silver Stockpile Requirements in 1979
Read GAO’s complete 1979 stockpile audit through revised supply estimates, priority-tier carryover, historical war flows and the evidence needed to turn potential silver holdings into emergency supply.
- Silver
- Stockpiles
- National defense
- Supply estimates
- Data methodology
- Substitution
Source 1979 · Review October 4, 2026Read the research →
White paper analysis
USBM’s Silver Reserve Warning for 2000
Examine USBM’s 1970 warning: 1968-price silver reserves fell below projected demand through 2000, while broader resources could meet demand at higher prices.
- Silver
- Reserves and resources
- Historical forecasts
- Mining economics
- Recycling
- Strategic supply
Source 1970 · Review October 4, 2026Read the research →
OSINT research
Silver Institute Data and Methodology Audit
Examine published estimates, changing definitions, institutional relationships and the evidence behind claims about silver availability.
- Silver
- Data methodology
- Institutional research
Research collectionRead the research →
OSINT research
Military and Aerospace Silver Standards
A source-linked register of silver specifications and applications in military and aerospace systems.
- Silver
- Industrial capacity
- Defense
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Law and policy analysis
The Battle Act of 1951
Trace the Battle Act’s aid conditionality, strategic-material lists and documented mineral cases while keeping the silver designation unresolved.
- Strategic trade
- Export controls
- Silver
- Thorium
- Uranium
- Copper
- Cobalt
Source 1951 · Review October 4, 2026Read the research →
Law and policy analysis
The Defense Production Act of 1950
Examine production priorities, capacity finance and battery-material measures, with dated cobalt and graphite awards and the reviewed 2026 termination provisions.
- Industrial capacity
- Critical minerals
- Cobalt
- Graphite
- Lithium
- Nickel
- Manganese
- Silver
Source 1950 · Review October 4, 2026Read the research →
Law and policy analysis
Strategic and Critical Materials Stockpiling
Connect the 1939 law, 1946 expansion and 1979 revision to reserve decisions, the historical silver-disposal debate and later planning evidence.
- Stockpiles
- National defense
- Silver
- Strategic minerals
- Supply resilience
Source 1939 · Review October 4, 2026Read the research →
Law and policy analysis
Silver, Coinage and the 1969 Congressional Hearings
Analyze the complete 1969 coinage hearing, competing claims on industrial and reserve silver, source data and the distinct collector/circulation compromise enacted in 1970.
- Silver
- Coinage
- Congressional hearings
- Stockpiles
- Industrial demand
- Public asset sales
Source 1969 · Review October 4, 2026Read the research →
Law and policy analysis
Larry McDonald and the Silver Stockpile Debate
Trace Larry McDonald’s 1981 case for retaining and acquiring silver, the wartime supply model he challenged, and the dispute over sale proceeds and production capacity.
- Silver
- Congressional hearings
- Stockpiling
- Emergency supply
- Defense production
- Public finance
Source 1981 · Review October 4, 2026Read the research →
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