Mariana Minerals
Mariana Minerals is a software-first, vertically integrated critical minerals company that engineers, builds, and operates mines and refineries using its AI platform MarianaOS (CapitalProjectOS, MineOS, PlantOS).
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Mariana Minerals is a software-first, vertically integrated critical minerals company that engineers, builds, and operates mines and refineries using its AI platform MarianaOS (CapitalProjectOS, MineOS, PlantOS). It runs the restarted Copper One mine in Utah and is building the Lithium One refinery in Texas, slated for commercial production in 2027.
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Investor· 1
Founders / team· 3
Funding history
- 2026-08-03Series B$310M
Investors · Khosla VenturesSource · marianaminerals.com ↗
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