“We are in a geopolitical extreme situation relating to them [China] because they dominate in processing and supply of critical materials. What we are all about is actually creating critical materials sovereignty to protect the homeland of the United States of America. By doing that, we have 10 square miles of claims in Montana that are considered the highest grade of rare earths ever found in North America. That and the relationship we have developed with with Idaho National Lab, which is one of 13 national labs, have been trying to develop a process that is environmentally benign. That means we believe we are uniquely positioned to be able to supply the needs not only of the United States but of the free world and we believe we have the ability to compete with China regarding the Belt and Road and their ability to try to grab mining assets in Africa and other parts of the world. We feel we have the ability to help the United States compete on a world wide basis.”

“What has actually occurred is we want to commend the administration for the policies they have just initiated. And in fact, what they have done is they have laid out a timeline starting as soon as March 30th and going through the month of April. Which means that they want to inventory what is available in the United States. They want to get the Department of Defence and the Department of Interior, involved in the process and they want to be able to set up a group that would be potential buyers of the rare earths thereby producing an upside for people like ourselves that have the ability to deliver it.”

– Harvey Kaye, U.S. Critical Materials Executive Director