James deserves more respect
Not here to play devils advocate but I do feel another perspective is getting ignored while everyone’s bitching and getting antsy. And I do get the frustration. The stock’s been crabbing, updates come slow, and James’s comms aren’t exactly hype machine polished.
But if you actually look at who this guy is technically, it makes sense why he’s playing the long game instead of chasing short-term pumps.
He holds a BEng in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nottingham, an MSc in Mining Engineering from the University of Exeter, and an MSc in Nuclear Physics and Engineering from Cranfield University. He’s a Chartered Engineer, Chartered Physicist, Professional Engineer, and holds project management and accountancy qualifications.
His hands-on career is where it gets serious. He started as a mechanical engineer with the UK Ministry of Defence in the nuclear weapons division and then moved into nuclear submarines. The MoD selected him for advanced nuclear engineering training, which led to his second MSc. He was seconded to Rolls-Royce, where he worked on reactor design, nuclear physics, modeling for their Zero-Power reactor supporting UK submarine programs, and thermal hydraulics for safety cases. Later he returned to the MoD as project lead for constructing the new Rolls-Royce Nuclear Chemical Plant.
He served as the UK SME for Nuclear Material Recovery Capabilities and as technical project manager for building reactor core manufacturing facilities. His experience covers nuclear reactors, submarines, chemical plants, factories, mine processing, infrastructure, and safety management.
This isn’t a mining exec who read a book on nuclear. This is a nuclear physicist and engineer who has actually built and managed complex, highly regulated nuclear infrastructure projects for one of the world’s top defense programs.
That’s exactly the skillset you want when you’re redeveloping the only permitted fluorspar mine in the US and slotting it into the domestic nuclear fuel supply chain.
He’s not a natural showman on investor calls. But he’s the guy quietly aligning Ares’ critical minerals output with Nano Nuclear’s microreactor tech under one vision, something literally no one else is executing at this level. Government backing from the DOE and DoD lines up perfectly with his track record. He’s creating a vertically integrated nuclear supply chain - no one else is doing that.
I feel like a lot of people in the forums are way too tough on him and straight-up disrespectful. Constantly ripping into the guy like he’s some shady promoter instead of a legit engineer executing in one of the hardest industries on earth.
That energy just shows them up as short players chasing quick flips, not proper long-term investors who understand what building real infrastructure actually takes.
The pace sucks if you want overnight results. Mining plus nuclear doesn’t work that way. But I’m convinced the technical depth and long-term execution mindset are why this has real legs.
I sincerely hope that one day this awkward, slow-moving engineer is gonna be on the cover of Time magazine as the guy who helped secure America’s nuclear future… and we’ll all be laughing in the comments about how we used to bitch about “no news.”
I’m putting more in this week and HODLing. Patience will pay on this one.