Investing in Rare Strategic Metals | Louis O’Connor Reveals the Asset Class the Wealthy Don’t Want You to Know

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🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In this fascinating episode of The Mike Litton Experience, Louis O’Connor—founder and CEO of Strategic Metals Invest—pulls back the curtain on one of the most exclusive and overlooked asset classes in the world: rare earth and strategic metals.

From his early years growing up in Ireland to working with global brands and building a pioneering investment firm, Louis shares how rare strategic metals are powering the technology, defense, and green energy revolutions—and why savvy investors are quietly adding them to their portfolios.

You’ll discover how everyday investors can access this once-closed market, the industries driving unprecedented demand, and the potential for long-term, asset-backed growth. Louis also explains the geopolitical forces at play, and why these metals are crucial to national security and global supply chains.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

What rare earth and strategic metals are—and why they’re essential to modern life.
The key drivers behind skyrocketing demand in tech, defense, and renewable energy.
How to invest directly in physical metals and hold them as a tangible asset.
The risks, regulations, and opportunities in this emerging investment space.
Why the wealthy have been ahead of the curve for years.

If you’re serious about diversifying your portfolio, hedging against inflation, and gaining exposure to a rapidly growing market, this conversation is a must-watch.

Subscribe now to The Mike Litton Experience for more high-impact strategies and insider insights from world-class guests. Don’t forget to like, comment, and share to help others discover the show!

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0:00.0	those 28 single and stayed for four years.
0:05.0	Yeah.
0:06.0	And then what happened was the US, I mean, I'm apolitical, so, you know, all I'm telling
0:12.0	you is the facts is the US gave, kindly, I suppose, gave Panama the canal that they had built.
0:19.0	So what was your favorite thing about growing up in Ireland?
0:24.1	It's a bit wild.
0:25.5	You know, you can get away, we like to get into trouble.
0:28.9	Like good trouble now.
0:30.5	You know, sometimes bad trouble too.
0:32.8	But it's a bit wild and cheeky.
0:35.5	Right now as we speak, Mike, there's a delegation of you from the Trump administration and China are in London.
0:45.2	You know, an hour from me.
0:47.3	And they're discussing the very topic we're talking about right now in real time, which is the Chinese sort of dominate the supply of rare earths.
0:58.7	I think a lesson that I've had to learn again and again and again, which is, I suppose,
1:05.9	one of the best descriptions of it is singleness of purpose.
1:11.1	You know, if you, if you, like I intuitively felt this was going to be a good business.
1:18.0	And I intuitively felt that it would be a good move for my family to move here.
1:24.1	However, it was a crazy idea.
1:27.4	Did you know there's a technology that's actually an app on your phone that uses sound waves to tell your brain what you want your brain to do?
1:35.0	We had a young man that was a guest on our podcast, the Mike Litton experience, who had a traumatic brain injury.
1:40.9	He was sleeping three hours a night.
1:42.8	He's using Newcom now and he's sleeping more.
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