A Lankford Capital company
Capital architecture for the materials economy.
Lankford Metals converts complex, under-organized, high-value mining and commodity transactions into institutional capital opportunities — senior positions, off-take financing, advance buys, and LP/JV equity from $10M to $500M+.
Lankford Metals is the mining & commodities arm of the Lankford Capital family.
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We take complex, under-organized, high-value transactions and convert them into financeable institutional capital opportunities.
Most transactions do not fail because they lack value. They fail because value arrives without the structure capital needs to believe it, measure it, diligence it, protect it, and close it. Lankford Metals is built for that gap.
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Institutional investors aligned to mandate
$10M – $500M+
Transaction range · larger case by case
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Commodity groups in scope
Four mandate pillars
How capital enters the transaction.
We do not force a transaction into the easiest label. We identify the structure that best matches the economic reality of the asset and the buying criteria of aligned capital.
Senior Positions
Protected capital supported by collateral, contracted cash flow, reserves, inventory, receivables, or production rights.
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Loans sized against qualified offtake agreements with creditworthy buyers — turning commercial demand into a financing catalyst.
Read about offtake financingAdvance Buys
Disciplined commercial structures supporting production, inventory, delivery streams, and strategic supply.
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Growth capital and strategic partnerships — framed around governance, waterfall, control, and exit mechanics.
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Commodity scope
From the pit to the port.
Diversified exposure to the essential elements powering industry, technology, and the future — underwritten on their own merits.
- Base Metals
- Precious Metals
- Rare Earth Elements
- Refractory Metals
- Technology Metals
- Ferro-Alloy Metals
- Nuclear Metals
- Industrial Minerals
- Construction Minerals
The 97-investor platform
A capital network only has value when the match is disciplined.
Institutional capital is not a crowd; it is a mandate-driven market. Each investor has preferences, prohibitions, structural requirements, and approval norms. The value is in knowing how to narrow the field.
Mandate fit
Commodity, jurisdiction, stage, size, security, tenor, and return must match the investor.
Diligence fit
The file must contain the evidence the investor needs before approval is realistic.
Structure fit
The capital instrument must match the risk, control, and source of repayment or return.
Pension funds · Insurance companies · Family offices · Endowments & foundations · Asset managers · Sovereign wealth funds
Process
Seven disciplined steps from intake to close.
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Intake
Asset, sponsor, structure, timeline.
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Package preparation
Narrative, document index, data room.
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Underwriting
Sources, uses, cash flow, exit.
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Due diligence
Title, permits, technical, financial.
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Compliance alignment
Mandate, KYC, AML, disclosure.
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Investor matching
The right channel — not the widest one.
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Execution
Term sheet, close, fund, service.
Ready when you are
Bring us the transaction before the market has misunderstood it.
Let us organize the file, underwrite the story, identify the risk, define the structure, and determine where the opportunity truly belongs. We respond within two business days.
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