Regeneration
Regeneration is a Washington, D.C.-based public benefit company that extracts minerals from mine waste (tailings, waste rock, wastewater) and reinvests proceeds into habitat restoration at the same legacy and orphan mine sites. It serves mining companies, governments, Indigenous communities, and sustainable brands including founding partners Rio Tinto, Apple, and Mejuri.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2021
- HeadquartersWashington, United States
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What Regeneration does
Regeneration Enterprises, Inc. is a Washington, D.C.-based public benefit company and restoration and metals recovery social enterprise founded in November 2021 by the international nonprofit RESOLVE, with Rio Tinto as its first catalytic founding member. The company targets the global inventory of legacy and orphan mine sites, extracting minerals and metals from tailings, waste rock, and wastewater using a "full value remining" approach that combines conventional mining methods (reprocessing of historic tailings, placer mining) with novel techniques including X-ray scanning of mine waste, biological extraction, and phytoremediation. Revenue from the sale of responsibly sourced minerals is reinvested into habitat restoration at the same sites, producing quantifiable biodiversity and carbon outcomes that can be monetized as credits. The company has catalogued over 100 conventional and novel technologies for reprocessing waste and restoration, and in October 2025 signed an MOU with DISA Technologies to deploy High-Pressure Slurry Ablation (HPSA) technology across select sites.
Regeneration operates through four primary revenue streams: (1) minerals and metals sales to sustainable brands and green technology companies, including founding partners Apple and Mejuri; (2) restoration and biodiversity/carbon credits; (3) site development, feasibility studies, and professional services for mining companies and government agencies; and (4) grants and philanthropic funding, including a $15M CAD commitment from Pacific Economic Development Canada for the Hedley Restoration Project. Key programs include the trademarked Salmon Gold initiative (remining placer gold while restoring salmon habitat in Alaska, Yukon Territory, and British Columbia — launched by RESOLVE in 2018), the Hedley Restoration Project (gold and cobalt from historic tailings in British Columbia), Regenerative Lands (landscape-scale restoration in Arizona and Sierra Leone), the Clean Technology Accelerator, and the Regeneration Alliance. The company reports 9 active projects, a pipeline of over 150 evaluated sites, and partnerships spanning Rio Tinto, Apple, Mejuri, DISA Technologies, Falkirk Consulting, True North Copper, Liminal by WMC, MKS PAMP, Newmont, Donlin, and UBC BRIMM.
The go-to-market is direct enterprise and government engagement rather than self-service distribution: Regeneration works with mining companies to assess legacy sites, with federal/state/provincial governments on policy reform and remediation (it was instrumental in the U.S. Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2024), and with sustainable brands to source traceable minerals for the energy transition and consumer supply chains. FY2025 total revenue was $2,988,663 against expenses of $2,972,221, consistent with a mission-driven social enterprise reinvesting earnings rather than maximizing profit. The company has 29 employees and is led by President and CEO Stephen D'Esposito (also CEO of RESOLVE).
Regeneration firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Regeneration
- Legal name
- Regeneration Enterprises, Inc.
- Website
- https://regeneration.enterprises
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2021
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Regeneration is a Washington, D.C.-based public benefit company that extracts minerals from mine waste (tailings, waste rock, wastewater) and reinvests proceeds into habitat restoration at the same legacy and orphan mine sites. It serves mining companies, governments, Indigenous communities, and sustainable brands including founding partners Rio Tinto, Apple, and Mejuri.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Regeneration industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Mine Restoration and Remediation Services
- NAICS
- Remediation Services (562910), Support Activities for Metal Mining (213114), Copper, Nickel, Lead, and Zinc Mining (212230)
- SIC
- Metal Mining (1000), Miscellaneous Metal Ores (1090)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Mining & Heavy Metals Remediation (Acid Mine Drainage, tailings-impacted sites) (BPALAKAK)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Reclamation, Remediation & Rehabilitation (Soils, Revegetation, Landform, Acid Rock Drainage) (IMAKAOAL), Critical Minerals Recycling & Urban Mining (Li, Ni, Co, Graphite, REE) (IMAKAFAK), Mine Closure, Reclamation & Environmental Services (Precious Metals Sites) (IMAKAEAL), Mine Land & Brownfield Reclamation Planting (AFAMACAM)
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Where Regeneration is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Washington
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices1 record
Markets served
Regeneration business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others
Revenue model
- Minerals and Metals Sales: Revenue from the sale of responsibly sourced minerals and metals extracted from mine waste. These minerals are sold to sustainable brands, green technology companies, and participants in the energy transition supply chain. Revenue is reinvested to fund habitat restoration and site transformation.
- Restoration and Biodiversity Credits: Revenue generated from the sale of biodiversity and carbon credits produced through documented restoration activities. The company produces quantifiable biodiversity and carbon outcomes that can be used as credits, supporting nature-based goals and generating income for reinvestment into mine restoration.
- Site Development and Services: Fees for site assessment, characterization, feasibility studies, and project development services provided to mining companies, government agencies, and other partners. Includes technical and environmental studies, drilling and sampling programs, and engineering evaluations.
- Partner Projects and Services: Revenue from collaborative projects with strategic partners including technology companies, engineering firms, and consulting partners. These projects involve technology deployment, site development, and restoration activities.
- Capacity Building Projects: Revenue from policy development, guidance publication, and capacity building initiatives supported by foundations and government programs. Includes work on the Good Samaritan Act implementation and international policy reform efforts.
- Grants and Philanthropic Funding: Funding from donors, investors, and foundations including the Rivian Foundation to support Regeneration's sites, new technologies, and nature-based solutions. The company was launched with catalytic support from Rio Tinto.
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels5 records
Regeneration product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Regeneration extracts minerals and metals from mine waste (tailings, waste rock, wastewater) at legacy and orphaned mine sites and reinvests the proceeds into habitat restoration and site remediation. Core programs include the Salmon Gold nature-positive gold sourcing program (Alaska, Yukon Territory, British Columbia), the Hedley Restoration Project in British Columbia (gold and cobalt recovery from historic tailings), and supporting Foundation initiatives for regenerative lands, clean technology acceleration, and alliance convening. The company also generates biodiversity and carbon credits from documented restoration activities.
Product overview
Regeneration is a restoration and metals recovery social enterprise structured as a public benefit company. It operates multiple integrated programs centered on two core offerings: (1) Salmon Gold — a nature-positive gold sourcing program that reprocesses placer gold from legacy mine sites in Alaska, Yukon Territory, and British Columbia, reinvesting earnings to restore salmon habitat, with gold sold to sustainable brands like Apple and Mejuri for their supply chains; and (2) the Hedley Restoration Project — a larger-scale restoration and metals recovery initiative in British Columbia targeting gold and cobalt from historic tailings, funded in part by a $15M Canadian federal investment. Supporting these are Foundation programs (Regenerative Lands, Clean Technology Accelerator, the Regeneration Alliance, and Foundation-supported Salmon Gold), policy advocacy initiatives (including the U.S. Good Samaritan Act), biodiversity and carbon credit generation, and a catalog of 100+ reprocessing and restoration technologies. The company targets the growing inventory of legacy mine sites globally, extracting minerals from waste to fund habitat restoration and transform former mine sites into ecological and community assets, working in partnership with local and Indigenous communities, governments, sustainable brands, and technology partners.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Salmon Gold: Nature-positive gold program that remines gold from old placer mining sites and restores salmon and fish habitat in Alaska, Yukon Territory, and British Columbia. Produces fully traceable, responsibly sourced gold using practices that restore habitats for salmon and other wildlife. Launched in 2018 by RESOLVE.
Products and services
- Salmon Gold
- Hedley Restoration Project
- Regenerative Lands (Foundation Program)
Quantifiable outcome
- Over 44 acres of habitat restored through Salmon Gold program since 2018
- +5 more outcomes
Companies that use Regeneration
Customer profileNamed customers3 records
Segments6 records
Ideal customer profiles5 records
Regeneration technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature4 records
Regeneration partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
16 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core, strategic and founding.
- Liminal by WMCflagshipMOU announced by Prime Minister Carney at the 2026 G7 Leaders' Summit in defence and critical minerals. Represents high-profile government-level partnership for critical minerals supply chain development.
- True North CoppercorePartnership announced February 2026 to assess metals recovery and site restoration on a copper-gold property in northern Queensland, Australia, sponsored by the Queensland government.
- Falkirk ConsultingcorePartnership announced January 2026 to transform legacy mine sites across Canada. Falkirk Environmental provides project support in Canada as part of the partnership.
- DISA TechnologiescorePartnership signed in October 2025 to deploy DISA's High-Pressure Slurry Ablation (HPSA) technology across select sites to improve mineral recovery from mine waste and demonstrate positive restoration and community outcomes.
- United Nations Global Compact Network CanadastrategicCollaboration announced July 2025 with Regeneration, Mejuri, and others to advance understanding of climate adaptation and community resilience, using Salmon Gold sites as a case study.
- MejurifoundingMejuri is a founding partner and the world's first jeweler to create a collection using 100% remined gold from old mine sites with restoration. The partnership produces limited edition Salmon Gold jewelry collections that support ongoing habitat restoration. Expanded partnership includes yearly collections crafted in 14k gold.
- RESOLVEfoundingRESOLVE is the international nonprofit that created Regeneration and continues as parent organization. It uses uncommon blend of ingenuity and grit to solve disputes and challenging problems facing people and the planet. RESOLVE launched Salmon Gold in 2018, which became the foundation for Regeneration.
- AurametstrategicStrategic and advisory partner for metals trading and investment, supporting the commercial aspects of mineral recovery operations.
- SteptoestrategicLaw firm partnership providing legal support for Regeneration's operations, policy initiatives, and commercial agreements.
- AureconstrategicEngineering support partnership providing technical expertise for site assessment, project development, and restoration design.
- MKS PAMPstrategicRefiner contributing to Salmon Gold initiative through early stages, supporting the traceable gold supply chain from remined materials to finished products.
- NewmontstrategicEarly supporter of Salmon Gold remining and restoration efforts, contributing to the development of the responsible sourcing model.
- DonlinstrategicEarly supporter of Salmon Gold initiative, helping advance early remining and restoration projects.
- University of British Columbia Bradshaw Research Institute for Minerals and Mining (BRIMM)strategicAcademic partnership formed to support research and development in minerals recovery and mining restoration techniques.
- enviroMETS QldstrategicAcademic and industry body partnership in Queensland, Australia for minerals engineering and environmental technology research.
- Paul HastingsstrategicLegal support partner providing pro bono legal assistance for Salmon Gold initiative operations.
Scale indicators10 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights7 records
Regeneration competitors and assessment
Company assessmentOthers
- Earthworks: U.S. nonprofit focused on mining reform and reducing the environmental and social impacts of mineral extraction. Comparable as an adjacent NGO advocate driving the same regulatory and corporate-responsibility shifts that Regeneration's model depends on.
- Aurecon: Global engineering and infrastructure advisory firm that partners with Regeneration for site assessment, project development, and restoration design. Comparable as an adjacent engineering services provider supporting the same mining and remediation project types.
- RESOLVE: International nonprofit that created and operates Regeneration as a social enterprise subsidiary. Highly comparable institutionally: shares leadership, mission, and policy advocacy, and is the originator of the Salmon Gold program that Regeneration scaled.
Broad incumbents
- Newmont: World's largest gold miner and early supporter of the Salmon Gold initiative. Comparable as a major gold-mining incumbent with stated ESG and closure commitments, and as a strategic partner in supporting responsibly sourced gold initiatives.
- Rio Tinto: One of the world's largest mining companies and Regeneration's first, catalytic founding partner in 2021. Comparable as a major mining incumbent actively engaging in mine closure, tailings reprocessing, and ESG supply chains, and as a strategic reference customer.
Direct peers
- Perpetua Resources: Developer of the Stibnite Gold Project in Idaho, integrated with one of the largest aquatic restoration efforts in U.S. history. Comparable to Regeneration in combining mineral production with large-scale ecological restoration at legacy mining sites, and in marketing responsibly sourced gold to ESG-conscious buyers.
- EnviroGold Global: Canadian-listed clean mining company that recovers gold, silver, and other metals from mine tailings and waste using proprietary reprocessing flowsheets. Most direct comparable to Regeneration's core minerals-from-tailings offering, targeting similar legacy mine sites and ESG-focused buyers.
Emerging players
- Jetti Resources: Clean-tech company that has developed a proprietary catalyst to extract copper from low-grade primary sulfide ores and waste streams. Comparable to Regeneration's technology thesis of using novel chemistry/engineering to unlock value from material the mining industry has historically discarded.
- DISA Technologies: Developer of High-Pressure Slurry Ablation (HPSA) technology used to recover minerals from mine waste; active technology partner of Regeneration since 2025. Comparable as a deployer of novel mineral-recovery technologies targeting tailings and waste streams.
Regional players
- True North Copper: Australian copper-gold explorer and developer partnering with Regeneration on the Mount Oxide site in Queensland. Comparable as a regional mining partner engaging Regeneration on site assessment and restoration services.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks7 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Regeneration leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles18 records
Regeneration subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries1 record
Regeneration funding detail
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Investors
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Regeneration M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about Regeneration
What does Regeneration do?
Regeneration extracts minerals and metals from mine waste (tailings, waste rock, wastewater) at legacy and orphaned mine sites and reinvests the proceeds into habitat restoration and site remediation. Core programs include the Salmon Gold nature-positive gold sourcing program (Alaska, Yukon Territory, British Columbia), the Hedley Restoration Project in British Columbia (gold and cobalt recovery from historic tailings), and supporting Foundation initiatives for regenerative lands, clean technology acceleration, and alliance convening. The company also generates biodiversity and carbon credits from documented restoration activities.
Is Regeneration a public or private company?
Regeneration is a private company. It is classified as nonprofit foundation owned and is currently operating.
When was Regeneration founded?
Regeneration was founded in 2021. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Regeneration based?
Regeneration is headquartered in Washington, United States, in the North America region.
How does Regeneration make money?
Six revenue lines are on record. Minerals and Metals Sales are the primary driver. The others are restoration and Biodiversity Credits, site Development and Services, partner Projects and Services, capacity Building Projects and grants and Philanthropic Funding.
Who are Regeneration's main competitors?
Others on record are Earthworks, Aurecon and RESOLVE. Broad incumbents are Newmont and Rio Tinto. Direct peers are Perpetua Resources and EnviroGold Global. Emerging players are Jetti Resources and DISA Technologies. True North Copper is listed as a regional player.
Does Regeneration have an API?
No public API is recorded for Regeneration.
What industry is Regeneration in?
Regeneration's product category is Mine Restoration and Remediation Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPALAKAK, Mining & Heavy Metals Remediation (Acid Mine Drainage, tailings-impacted sites), with a secondary code of IMAKAOAL, Reclamation, Remediation & Rehabilitation (Soils, Revegetation, Landform, Acid Rock Drainage). Its NAICS code is 562910 and its SIC code is 1000.