New HREE-level Friend of the Center: Viridien

We are excited to announce that Viridien has become an HREE-level “Friend of the Center”

Viridien is an advanced technology, digital and Earth data company that pushes the boundaries of science for a more prosperous and sustainable future. With its ingenuity, drive, and deep curiosity Viridien discovers new insights, innovations, and solutions that efficiently and responsibly resolve complex natural resource, digital, energy transition and infrastructure challenges.

"We are super glad to have Viridien with us as a Heavy Rare Earth Elements (HREE) level friend of the Smart Exploration Research Center (SERC). They are certainly a leading tech and innovation company in the field of natural resource exploration across various domains. Very much looking forward to our joint efforts" says Alireza Malehmir, SERC Research Director.

Do you know the Heavy Rare Earth Elements? They are dysprosium, yttrium, terbium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, yttrium, and lutetium. Dysprosium (Dy) and Terbium (Tb) are heavily used in permanent magnets.