Active investment
We invest our own capital and, in selected situations, work with investment partners to provide capital. We also contribute our experience and relationships to help advance the investment case.
Natural resources · Investment · Advisory
Active capital.
Informed conviction.
We invest in selected public and private natural-resource companies and work alongside management teams to help create strategic and financial momentum.
Junior mining expertise across public and private markets, with a primary focus on Brazil and selected opportunities in Australia and Canada.
About SXB
A boutique firm built around conviction and access.
SXB Partners is an investment and strategic advisory firm active in the natural-resources sector. We invest in listed and private companies where we have strong conviction.
Beyond capital, we work closely with management teams by originating opportunities, facilitating strategic partnerships and introductions, and supporting financing and M&A initiatives.
SXB Partners Corp is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, with leadership based in São Paulo and New York.
What we do
Active involvement,
where it can matter.
Strategic introductions
We connect management teams with relevant investors, advisers, operators and industry participants across our network.
Financing & M&A
We help companies think through financing alternatives, strategic transactions, partnerships and routes to value creation.
Capital introductions
For selected situations, we facilitate conversations with prospective investors and strategic capital providers.
Investment approach
Opportunity changes with the stage of the asset.
We look across the development cycle, from discovery and resource definition through financing, construction and production, where catalysts and risk are clearly understood.
Selected companies & projects
Investments and opportunities
within our field of view.
Examples of public and private companies and projects in which we have invested or that are of interest to us. Inclusion does not imply a current holding or advisory mandate in every case.
Belo Sun Mining
Development-stage company advancing the Volta Grande Gold Project in Pará, Brazil.
Company website ↗Aclara Resources
Developing heavy rare-earth projects in Brazil and Chile, alongside downstream separation capabilities in the United States.
Company website ↗Cabral Gold
Advancing the Cuiú Cuiú Gold District in Brazil’s Tapajós region.
Company website ↗Arafura Rare Earths
Developer of the Nolans rare-earths project in Australia’s Northern Territory.
Company website ↗Grafite Mendonça
Early-stage natural-graphite opportunity in the Ribeira Valley of São Paulo State, Brazil.
Private companyIndicative performance
A strategy shaped by concentrated conviction.
The figures shown are taken from Richard Gnouma’s Interactive Brokers account. They are unaudited and are not the performance of a fund available to outside investors.
~120%Year to date
~225%Trailing one year
~300%Since inception
Approximate figures reported by Interactive Brokers from Richard Gnouma’s account. Returns may include realized and unrealized gains, have not been independently verified and do not predict future results. Methodology and valuation dates are available on request.
Partners
Experience across markets,
transactions and mining.
JMD
Jean-Marc Dreyer
Co-founder · São Paulo
Brings approximately 35 years of M&A and financing experience, including extensive work with mining companies and projects.
RG
Richard Gnouma
Co-founder · New York
Former licensed stockbroker with experience and relationships across New York finance, Canadian equity markets and the mining sector.
Contact
Discuss an opportunity.
We welcome conversations with management teams, owners, investors and strategic partners in situations where SXB can contribute capital, access or transaction experience.
info@sxbpartners.comSão PauloNew YorkBVI incorporated