Volato Group, Inc. (NYSE American: SOAR) and M2i Global, Inc. (OTCQB: MTWO) have announced the next phase of development for the digital and commercial infrastructure designed to underpin the U.
S. Strategic Mineral Reserve (SMR), focusing on critical mineral traceability and compliance. M2i initiated the SMR framework and technical specifications earlier this year.
Volato is now applying its enterprise-software expertise to construct and operationalize the secure technology backbone for critical mineral traceability, contracting, and compliance across the United States and allied nations. This infrastructure is being developed to serve as the market-facing layer of the U.
S. Strategic Mineral Reserve initiative, providing miners, refiners, recyclers, manufacturers, and government entities with a verified environment for physical critical mineral transactions. The system prioritizes verified provenance, end-to-end custody visibility, and regulatory compliance. Unlike securities or commodities exchanges, this system focuses exclusively on physical materials and enables direct contracting, leasing, collateralization, and trust-held arrangements between qualified participants, without involving the trading or listing of securities, futures, or derivatives.
Building on Volato’s experience in scalable aviation software and real-time asset tracking, Volato and M2i are initiating the development of core transaction and data-integrity systems. M2i continues to lead policy alignment and participant onboarding, while Volato engineers the secure digital infrastructure. By combining Volato’s enterprise systems with M2i’s CAINO (Critical Asset Intelligence and Network Operations) compliance stack, the unified team aims to deliver a secure framework for data exchange, verification, and auditable material movement, thereby creating transparent chains of custody from mine to manufacturer.
Matt Liotta, Co-Founder and CEO of Volato, stated, “This project represents the convergence of M2i’s critical-minerals strategy and Volato’s track record in building auditable, high-value operational systems. Our team is now turning M2i’s blueprint into a working platform that brings transparency and accountability to one of the world’s most strategic supply chains.”
Major General (Ret.) Alberto Rosende, CEO of M2i Global, added, “With Volato leading software development, this effort moves from concept to construction. This collaboration combines industrial vision with execution capability.”
This initiative seeks to address a critical industrial challenge: establishing a reliable and transparent supply of materials essential for defense, energy, and technology manufacturing. This development effort follows the previously announced definitive business combination between Volato and M2i Global, under which Volato will acquire 100% of M2i’s outstanding equity in an all-stock transaction. Upon closing, M2i shareholders are expected to own approximately 85% of the combined company and Volato shareholders approximately 15%. The Boards of both companies have approved the transaction, which remains subject to regulatory review and shareholder approval.
