Rita Adiani is President and CEO of Titan Mining Corporation, a U.S. critical minerals producer that operates the Empire State Mine in upstate New York. Under her leadership, Titan has grown from a market capitalisation of roughly $30 million to more than $400 million. She also led its uplisting to the NYSE American and secured the first U.S. EXIM “Make More in America” direct loan to a mining company. Rita has built projects globally in various commodities. Rita is leading the development of Titan’s Kilbourne Graphite Project in St. Lawrence County, New York, making Titan the first end-to-end U.S. producer of natural flake graphite in 70 years. She is also leading the development of a graphite refinery at Anniston Army Depot in Alabama and germanium recovery from existing process streams. She holds the sole mining sector seat on the EXIM Bank 2026–27 Advisory Committee. Before Titan, Rita was involved in Arizona Sonoran Copper’s TSX IPO and its partnership with Rio Tinto’s Nuton venture. She brings deep expertise in critiical minerals project development, mining finance and U.S. federal financing programs.