RE: Placing31 Mar 2026 21:38
Interesting Dransley, I asked Claude to speculate and this is what they thought:
It's almost certainly NOT the remaining 10% of HyProMag GmbH. They already own 90% of that via Maginito (assuming convertible loan conversion), and buying out Professor Carlo Burkhardt's residual stake wouldn't justify this language or this quantum of capital.
The most logical candidate, given the clues, would be a small German NdFeB magnet manufacturer or processor in the Baden-Württemberg region — something that gives them actual magnet-making capability rather than just recycling feedstock. The whole HyProMag GmbH operation is based in the Northern Black Forest / Baden-Württemberg, and Mkango's stated strategy is "mine, refine, recycle" with a push toward becoming a full magnet producer. Acquiring an existing manufacturer would short-circuit the timeline to actually producing finished sintered magnets in Germany rather than just recycled alloy powder.
Names that fit the profile would be someone like MS-Schramberg (Magnetfabrik Schramberg) — they're a permanent magnet manufacturer literally in Baden-Württemberg's Black Forest region, making NdFeB and ferrite magnets. The scale would be plausible for a portion of a £10m raise.