 I might give the floor to our expert and welcome you all of you to that fruitful discussion and would love to hand over to you, Ingve. Thank you. Thank you so much. Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, gentlemen and gentlemen, there's a lot of you here today. Dear friends, I'm really honoured to speak here to you today on this crucial topic of the geopolitical dimensions of future supply of critical raw materials. I'm also delighted to be back here in beautiful Abu Dhabi. The last time I visited this very hotel was during an under an official visit by his Highness Crown Prince Hakan of Norway. The visit occurred at the same time as a volcano eruption on Iceland put more or less all the flights all over the world on ground. I was stranded here for seven, eight, nine days, and I must admit, I found the force force came in quite handy. Well, two years now into the coronavirus pandemic situation, we have learned that digital meetings have kept the wheels running. But it is not possible to cooperate and find solid solutions to great challenges without meeting people face to face. So I therefore give my special thanks to the administration of this conference. Being able to have us all here together, safe and with excellent logistics during a pandemic situation is really outstanding. So thank you so much for that. Travelling all over the world as the former minister of public security and as a deputy minister of Petroleum and Energy of Norway, I discovered that cooperation, technology and common understanding of the challenges were key enablers of finding successful solutions. Since Norway first discovered oil and gas on our continental shelf more than 50 years ago, petroleum has become our largest economic sector, both in terms of value added government revenues, investments and export value. But we did not, however, become an oil and gas nation completely on our own. The presence of international companies was essential from the beginning and to this day. And such players are key contributors to the Norwegian petroleum sector. With challenging conditions in the North Sea and non-negotiable environmental issues, the industry developed technology, skills and services that are sought after in all major oil and gas provinces around the world today. These are the same conditions the mining industry must front. And this is what Norway mining is fronting every day in all aspects of what we are doing. I believe we will come back to these issues a little bit later in the discussions. The geopolitical dimensions of future supply of critical raw materials are such vast weighty subjects. And with that in mind, I'd like to focus on three specific areas, namely the origins and visions of Norway mining, the company I'm representing, the CRMs, we are investigating vis-à-vis Europe's energy transition and Norway's role in boosting resource security. Let's start with Norway mining itself. It's an Anglo-Norwegian network resources company. And the very reason Norway mining exists is because we knew that Norway was sitting on large, untapped reserves of phosphate, titanium bearing, and vanadiums, thanks to earlier studies carried out by the Geological Service of Norway. And you is a Norwegian government agency responsible for geological mapping and research. Well, Norway mining currently owns 46 explorations licenses in southern Norway, totaling more than 400 square kilometers. And since we began our own investigations there in early 2018, we now understand that there are large deposits of all three of those e-critical raw materials. Initial exploration results have exceeded all expectations and confirmed two world-class deposits at Ögrej and Storiknuten. The Breitberg-Gergreim exploration project contains in excess of 70 billion tons of mineralized rock. This is significant because CRMs are not just important to Europe, but to the wider world, of course. And as we all know, the transition from fossil fuels to green energy can only take place if we expand the use of renewables in tandem with better resource management and efficiency, of course. We also know that CRMs are essential to build the energy systems of tomorrow, like wind turbines, solar panels, and batteries. Let me give you some example of that. To produce a three-megawatt wind turbine, up to 4.7 tons of copper is needed. While manufacturing an electric vehicle requires six times the amount of CRM as a conventional car. So it's little wonder then that its estimated demand for CRMs will quadruple up to implement the targets of the Paris Agreement by 2050. Well, back to Norway's deposits of the three EU-critical raw materials. Vanadium is likely to become more pivotal. Vanadium redux flow batteries are scalable, safe, don't degrade and have infinite life cycles, making them perfect powerhouses to store vast amounts of renewable energy. Detainable is already an essential component in several renewable energy system applications. Lightweight with extraordinary strength and anti-corrosive, these characteristics will gain in importance as offshore wind installations increases as I've already mentioned. And then there's phosphate, a fertilizer ingredient that helps feed our expanding population and, if used appropriately, provides a more environmental friendly solutions to nitrogen-based ones. It's no secret, but it is important to remind ourselves of the realities of EU and US raw material supply and demand. China currently dominates the global market. The EU currently obtained 62% of its raw materials from China, 8% from Russia and most of the rest from the African countries. As large producers of wind turbines and batteries are produced in Europe, the EU produces no more than 1% of the minerals needed for this production. Just 1%. Is this a huge problem? Well, I think so. As a former minister for public security, I will say that this is at least quite a huge challenge because some 30 million jobs in the EU are directly dependent on access to raw materials. In 2020, the EU Commission launched the European Raw Material Alliances, of which Norge Meining is a member. And this is a clear signal that the issues is now being taken very seriously at the highest levels. In the US, CRM sourcing has become a national security issue due to the first of its dependence on tech industries, dependency on China and President Biden's clean energy agenda. It's clear then that no other viable options need to be explored. No, that otherwise needs to be explored, not the opposite. And we need to explore it quite fast. After all, that's why we're here today. Norway has always been a reliable energy partner to the EU, as well as a preferred strategic partner with shared democratic values and a market-based economy. But as a NATO member, Norway's contractually obliged to play a strategic role for both the EU and the US. The political and economic leverage Norway's CRM's deposits can give Europe and the United States in terms of negotiation power amongst others. I've always claimed that God must love Norway. We are rich in natural resources. We have a lot of oil, gas, wind, rain, deep valleys and tall mountains that help us give power production. And thanks to hydropower, the Norwegian electricity sector is close to 100% renewable. Resulting in the share of renewable energy in Norway's total energy consumption and that's including transport and heating being as high as 70%. We've always been a vanguard in this respect. So my country is already world leader in solutions to reduce or avoid greenhouse gas emissions. And over the years, we've had to combine the interest of our fisheries, maritime and the oil and gas industry. And to do this, we've pushed the boundaries of innovation and technology. And I see our vast experience in natural resources and the regulatory framework we already had with the environment always at the forefront as a fantastic foundation on which to build a new mining industry. One that will potentially provide EU-critical raw materials to the world. Quite timely, giving first a supply crisis looms, the World Bank, United Nations, European Commission and the International Energy Agency, IEA, all warned dramatic worldwide demand could outpace supply, leading to a global price bonanza that could put a faster decarbonisation process in jeopardy. The World Bank, for example, has estimated a tenfold demand increase for metals by 2050. And that pronunciation was four years ago. Demand for electricity storage, batteries of aluminium, cobalt lithium, meganese and nickel alone could rise by more than 450% by 2050 from 2018 levels. We've talked about how Norway can play a role, but what about Nordic mining? CRMs are scarce because previously their production in various deposits of the world has often been un-economic and unprofitable to extract for Western mining companies. But Nordic mining is demonstrating that climate protection, economic viability and supply security are not mutual exclusive. And that provenance is no longer a buzzword. It's the new benchmark when it comes to sourcing raw materials. In our case, the profitable extraction of three critical raw materials is given and feasible on site due to these factors. We have excellent existing infrastructure, very short transport distance to industrial demand centres, excellent quality and quantity of the ore rock without contamination of heavy metals or rare earth. Corruption bears cost, we all know that. But given that corruption is not an issue in Norway, this is an additional cost spent Norway mining will not have to deal with. And the share size of the deposits will allow Norway mining to profit from economies of scale as the extraction progress gains pace. So protecting the environment and the climate starts at the very beginning of the value chain, namely where the raw materials are extracted from the ground. The neutralization of the carbon footprint and the minimization of the environmental impact of our biotech crime exploration project in southern Norway is supported and ensured by the use of innovative technologies. Future production in Norway will release significantly fewer emissions than comparable mining projects outside Europe. Domestic production also creates new and sustainable jobs and generates economic value in Norway and the EU. In addition, the long transport and insurance costs from non-European projects are also eliminated because ship transport also requires huge amounts of fossil energy and produces additional CO2 emissions. Few words to finish. CRMs are fast becoming pawns in strategic and geopolitical power struggles. It's clear that green mining that minimizes environmental impact and maximizes economic potential is needed more than ever. The mining sector is an enabler of the clean energy transition and a more circular economy. And at Norway mining, we do take these responsibilities very seriously. It's our belief that Norway supported by Norway mining and all its partners, of course, can be an important strategic partner to Europe and beyond and a new supplier of CRM, replacing risk with new value chains and exciting opportunities. Thank you for listening. Thank you very much for these insights and drawing the floor.