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Company Claims US’s Richest Rare-Earth Deposit In Bitterroot

A Nevada mining company claims to have discovered the highest-quality deposit of rare-earth elements in the nation at the far south end of the Bitterroot National Forest.  U.S. Critical Materials Corp. bills its Sheep Creek holdings as “one of the highest-grade light rare earth projects in the U.S.,” containing “at least 12 of the critical …

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Company Aims To Mine Rare-Earth Metals In The Bitterroot

Just as the Biden administration and Congress are making major investments to expand the domestic critical minerals supply chain in the hopes of breaking our country’s dependence on China, one company believes the Bitterroot valley might be the best place to start.    Credit: US Critical Minerals. Critical minerals provide the building blocks for many …

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Sheep Creek Deposit’s Rare Earth Samples Exceed Highest Grades In US

US Critical Materials Corp. announced Tuesday that rare earth samples from 125 feet underground at its flagship Sheep Creek property in Southwest Montana report grades that exceed any other domestic rare earth resource. US Critical Mineral’s Crowley Adit #3 at Sheep Creek, Montana, showing banded carbonatite exposed near the top of the right rib. Credit: …

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Deeper Look At Sheep Creek Rare Earths

Latest lab results show high grades extend to depth at REE property in SW Montana. Assay results confirm that high-grade rare earth mineralization identified on the surface at US Critical Materials Corp.’s Sheep Creek project in southwestern Montana continues underground. Measuring the dip of a roughly four-foot-thick carbonatite vein enriched with rare earths and other …

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