No Minerals, No Missiles: The Supply Chain Crisis Impacting Defence
With China tightening its grip on key resources for the processing of critical minerals essential for defence, NATO, the US and its allies are scrambling to secure alternative supplies. By Harry McNeilPublished: March 21, 2025 The modern battlefield is not only shaped by advanced weaponry and sophisticated technology, but also by the critical minerals that […]
Montana’s ‘geological unicorn’ could give the U.S. a win over China
EXCLUSIVE: New data show how the proposed Sheep Creek mine in Big Sky Country stacks up to other U.S. rare earth finds. By Alexander C. KaufmanPublished: 18 March 2025 The Trump administration is looking to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Greenland and Ukraine to supply the United States’ demand for prized metals China controls. But […]
U.S. Miner With Large Rare Earth, Gallium Deposit Sees Domestic Supply Chain Soon
By Taylor Kuykendall Published: 13 March 2025 The US could produce substantial amounts of some critical materials it sources from China within just a few years, Harvey Kaye, a director of US Critical Materials Corp., said during an interview. President Donald Trump recently outlined plans for an executive order to build metal refineries on Pentagon military […]
Rare Earth Minerals Add to Montana’s Treasures
By Evelyn Pyburn Published: 27 February 2025 Sophisticated- analytical testing results from a rare earths mineral deposit in southwestern Montana are nothing less than “transformational from a United States government and world perspective,” stated a very enthusiastic Harvey Kaye, adding that the technology that the mineral exploration and technology development company, US Critical Materials, is developing […]
US Critical Materials – INL Report June 15, 2024
US Critical Materials has the highest rare earth grades in the United States, and is currently working with Idaho National Laboratory on an environmentally responsible separation and processing system.
High-Grade Gallium, Rare Earths Verified
Idaho National Lab tests Sheep Creek samples; one rock from Montana project contains 17.8% rare earths and 350 ppm* gallium. By Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News May 18, 2024 Recent analysis by Idaho National Laboratories confirms that US Critical Materials Corp.’s Sheep Creek project in southwestern Montana hosts extremely high concentrations of gallium alongside the […]
High-Grade Gallium Confirmed in Montana
US Critical Materials identifies outstanding gallium grades with the high-grade rare earths at its Sheep Creek project. By Shane Lasley, Metal Tech NewsMar 25, 2024 7:34pm In addition to showing promise as a high-grade domestic source of rare earths, US Critical Materials Corp.’s Sheep Creek project in Montana shows the potential to be an equally high-grade […]
The U.S. May Have Just Scored A Win Against China In The Battle Over A Key Mineral
Seven months after Beijing put trade restrictions on gallium, a Utah company found a major deposit of the metal. By Alexander C. Kaufman and Chris D’AngeloMar 21, 2024, 05:45 AM EDT | Updated Mar 21, 2024 China controls 98% of the world’s production of gallium, a soft, silvery metal used to make semiconductors, LED screens, […]
U.S. Critical Materials Looks to Mine Rare Earth Minerals To Counter China And Protect U.S. National Security
U.S. Critical Materials Looks to Mine Rare Earth Minerals To Counter China And Protect U.S. National Security By OAN’s Nathaniel Mannor10:27 AM – Monday, January 22, 2024 American businesses are coming together to combat China’s near monopoly on rare Earth extraction. One America’s Nathaniel Mannor has our report. https://uscriticalmaterials.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/oan-uscm-optimised.mp4 Also published on One America News: […]
US Critical Materials Separation Tech
USCM is working with INL scientists to develop cutting- edge tech for the separation of rare earths and other critical minerals. Expanding into a critical segment of America’s rare earths supply chain, US Critical Materials Corp. is working with Idaho National Laboratory to develop new technologies to separate this suite of notoriously tightly interlocked technology […]