Former energy and environment officials who worked under both the Trump and Obama administrations are launching a new critical minerals practice.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck’s new critical mineral division will be led by co-chairs Jason Buckner, who served at the Interior Department under former President Barack Obama, and Samantha Carl-Yoder, a former foreign service officer who held senior positions in both the Trump and Obama administrations.
POLITICO first reported the practice’s launch.
The firm already has mining clients, including Ivanhoe Mines, Ivanhoe Atlantic and Ivanhoe Electric, as well as Barrick Gold, the World Gold Council, BHP and Vale. Vale is working with the Energy Department to develop an iron ore briquette facility in Louisiana.
