The U.S. Could Lose A Shot At Rare Earth Independence

From David Blackmon’s article in Forbes:

A Resource That Could Help Secure The Future

“This mine is one that could basically drive civilization over the next 20, 30, 50 years,” Christopher Messina, CEO of Tanbreez, told me in a recent interview. For the United States and its needs, that is probably no exaggeration given that the resource was recently ranked by Mining.com as #1 on its list of Top 10 rare earth mining projects in the world. The total estimated recoverable resource at Tanbreez of 28.2 Mt. compares to the combined resource in the #4 through #8 mines on the list.