Marco is now a venture capitalist too. He's got many jobs. We've overturned old orthodoxies and taken direct stakes in high value mining and processing companies. The United States had not built a primary smelter in this country since 1980. before I was born, four years before I was born. In the last month alone, we have announced two, one of which is already fully funded. (11:09–11:16)
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Asserts that no primary smelter had been built in the U.S. since 1980 until recently.
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