Niocorp Developments Ltd (NB)

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the first page of the first link says your full of it.

"What GAO Found
Three Department of Defense (DOD) offices have identified certain rare earth materials (rare earths) as critical for some defense applications, such as lasers, but DOD has not taken a comprehensive, department-wide approach to identifying which rare earths, if any, are critical to national security. Specifically, DOD offices have not yet agreed on what constitutes “critical” rare earths. Using different statutorily-based definitions, these offices have identified 15 of the 17 rare earths as critical over the last 5 years (see table)"

They haven't even determined what a critical metal is. hahaha
Your info is from the past but it does not speak to the future.
They threw together minerals that they have needed critically in the past for what ever critical technology used it.

Perhaps they don't consider it a rare earth as well!