US Critical Materials’ chief geologist, Peter Mejstrick, takes a dip measure of exposed carbonatite, a primary source of rare earth elements essential to several technologies. Source: US Critical Materials Corp. By Liubov Georges  US Critical Materials said its Sheep Creek deposit is the richest deposit of rare earths and gallium in North America. Developing US processing technology is expected to be more environmentally friendly than traditional methods. The company is in discussions with the US government about defense contracts and mineral reserve strategies. US Critical Materials Corp., a privately owned exploration company, ...

https://uscriticalmaterials.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/rare-earth-scrippnews.mp4 Rare earth elements are difficult to mine, extract and process, but are extremely valuable. (Scripps News) By: Maya Rodriguez , Cameron Couvillion, Eric Koraganie, Nick RefuerzoPosted 1:23 AM, Sep 18, 2025 and last updated 4:19 AM, Sep 18, 2025 Deep below the surface of the Earth, in a Montana mine that once yielded gold, silver, lead and zinc, lies the next frontier of globally coveted minerals. “So how valuable is this?” asked Scripps News Group’s Global Affairs Correspondent Maya Rodriguez. “Billions. It’s worth billions,” said Harvey ...

The billion-dollar effort aims to speed up mineral processing and battery recycling in the US Illustration: Brittany Holloway-Brown, Photos: Adobe Stock ByTricia Crimmins   August 21, 2025   • less than 3 min read In the future, “Made in America” may not mean higher prices, at least for batteries. Earlier this month, the Department of Energy announced nearly $1 billion in funding opportunities for critical mineral mining and processing companies, in an effort to bring the supply chain back to the United States and no longer rely “on foreign actors to supply and ...

Drill rig at Tanbreez project. Credit: Critical Metals Corp. Blair McBride – The Northern Miner | August 18, 2025 | 8:29 am  Critical Metals (Nasdaq: CRML) has returned results as thick as 65 metres grading 0.55% total rare earth oxides (TREO) from surface at Tanbreez, one of the largest undeveloped heavy rare earth deposits outside China. That result in hole DDH-C-24 at the Fjord deposit in southern Greenland is top-tier and important for showing continuity in a bulk target that could support long-life production. The Tanbreez hole included 25.5% heavy ...

A new strategic facility for the innovative processing of rare earths Immediate objectives and prospects In a historical era in which operations related to the extraction, separation, and refining of rare earths are concentrated in very few nations, the rest of the world is certainly not standing idly by. The founder of TELF AG Stanislav Kondrashov often highlights this point. By Riccardo Intini Some nations are making a direct effort to bridge the gap and carve out a significant role for themselves in the production of rare earths. The founder ...

“We’re developing … technologies to make things better, faster, cheaper, more environmentally friendly, and consuming less resources,” said Bob Fox. https://youtu.be/meZzuZ_ftz8?si=lZXHWdBJr8qJKFAY Guest: Bob Fox Title: Directorate Fellow, Idaho National Labs Summary: President Trump signed an executive order in March directing an immediate increase in domestic critical mineral production. But directing and doing are two different things. The scientists at Idaho National Labs have been on the front lines of critical mineral extraction for decades and have often led the development of new technologies that make that extraction ...