Defense Metals Corp.
Rare earth element extraction and processing from the Rare Earth Elements Project in Canada
- Sector
- Materials
- Headquarters
- VANCOUVER, A1
- Founded
- 2016
- Latest Form D
- $1.7M, Nov 2025
- Total capital
- $11.5M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $11.5M
- 9 Form D · last Nov 2025
- 11 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 9th filing$1.7M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 8th filing$186K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 7th filing$363K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 6th filing$55K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 5th filing$5.1M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$4.1M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$8K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$11K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$12K
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Ali MahdaviExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Andrew BurgessDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Craig TaylorExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Dale WallsterDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- David BakerExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Dr. Luisa MorenoExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 22 people
- Dr. William BirdDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Guy De SelliersExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Guy de Selliers de MoranvilleExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Kris RaffleDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Kristopher RaffleDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Len CloughDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Luisa MorenoDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Mark ToryExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Martin CroninDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- MaryAnn ChrichtonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Maximilian SaliExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Max SaliDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- P. E. KavanaghDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- P. Edward KavanaghDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Ryan CheungExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Suzanne Edward FolsomDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
No granted patents are on record.
USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.
Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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Regulatory activity · Materials
- Eliminating Regulations Establishing Fellowships in Laboratory Standardization and Testing for Foreign CitizensNational Institute of Standards and Technology
- Eliminating Obsolete Marking Requirements for Toy, Look-Alike, and Imitation FirearmsNational Institute of Standards and Technology
- Eliminating Obsolete Regulations Related to the Advanced Technology Program and the Technology Innovation ProgramNational Institute of Standards and Technology
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
How to read this page
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Data freshness
SEC Form D filings through . SBIR and STTR awards through .