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We Grow Metal

Biological infrastructure for critical metal extraction. Battery-grade nickel, harvested at best-in-class costs.

Harvesting metal

Inside the team replacing the excavator with plants, and the biotech built to power the next century of critical metal extraction.

Our paradigm shift

Genomines cultivates “metal farms” to reinforce the world’s most critical metal supply chains. Our plants extract nickel from low-grade, underutilized soils and transform idle lands into high-yield, profitable assets.

The tech

At scale.

Low-cost agriculture as the future of metal production. Our metal farms produce nickel at first-quartile cash costs and with significantly less capex.

Our Value Proposition
The tech

The payload.

Our plants are genetically enhanced to do one job exceptionally well: pull nickel out of the soil.

The Hyperaccumulator
The tech

The engine.

The root system works as an amplified vacuum, reaching deep into soils to draw critical metals into the plant’s biomass.

The Hyperaccumulator
Economics & Social

More than profit.
More than sustainability.
Systemic Return.

Every ton of nickel we produce compounds value across three dimensions: financial return, stable supply chains, and planetary health.

Return on Investment
-40%

Lower cash cost per ton versus traditional extraction. Legacy operators require fleets of heavy extractors, crushers, and grinders to produce the same outcome that our plants achieve naturally. 

Return on Stability
70 Million +

Tons of potential annual nickel supply unlocked by Genomines' technology. Newly accessible reserves reinforce critical supply chains by diversifying nickel production away from single points of failure.

Return on Environment
- 45 tons

CO2 equivalent per ton of nickel vs. traditional laterite extraction. Simple and low-input extraction processes reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and rehabilitate the soil. 

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The Bottom Line
"We are not activists; we are building an industry. Our priority is to produce the most competitive nickel on the market."
Fabien Koutchekian - Co-Founder and CEO
The Team
We're researchers, engineers, and builders from a range of disciplines, working to empower a new paradigm in critical metal extraction. Search open roles to see how you can contribute.
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Genomines team
Backed by Tier-1 investors & partners

We are pragmatic optimists who see "impossible" as an engineering problem. Connect with us and learn more about our vision for the future of metal extraction.

Battery-grade nickel sulphate hexahydrate crystals produced from Genomines' hyperaccumulator plants
Genomines researcher tending to flowering hyperaccumulator plants in the greenhouse
Farm worker smiling while harvesting hyperaccumulator biomass in the field
Genomines scientist inspecting tissue-cultured hyperaccumulator plantlets in the lab
Two Genomines team members sharing a celebration at the office
Members of the Genomines team standing together at the office
Young plants growing in nursery
Genomines team member smiling at his desk
Nursery trials
Two Genomines team members at a desk
Nursery image of genomines plants
Battery-grade nickel sulphate hexahydrate crystals produced from Genomines' hyperaccumulator plants
Genomines researcher tending to flowering hyperaccumulator plants in the greenhouse
Farm worker smiling while harvesting hyperaccumulator biomass in the field
Genomines scientist inspecting tissue-cultured hyperaccumulator plantlets in the lab
Two Genomines team members sharing a celebration at the office
Members of the Genomines team standing together at the office
Young plants growing in nursery
Genomines team member smiling at his desk
Nursery trials
Two Genomines team members at a desk
Nursery image of genomines plants
Battery-grade nickel sulphate hexahydrate crystals produced from Genomines' hyperaccumulator plants
Genomines researcher tending to flowering hyperaccumulator plants in the greenhouse
Farm worker smiling while harvesting hyperaccumulator biomass in the field
Genomines scientist inspecting tissue-cultured hyperaccumulator plantlets in the lab
Two Genomines team members sharing a celebration at the office
Members of the Genomines team standing together at the office
Young plants growing in nursery
Genomines team member smiling at his desk
Nursery trials
Two Genomines team members at a desk
Nursery image of genomines plants

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