Liquidmetal Technologies Inc (LQMT)

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the source of lqmt future rare earth supply

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimvinoski/2020/04/07/the-us-needs-china-for-rare-earth-minerals-not-for-long-thanks-to-this-mountain/#650e3d3228b9

Round Top, however, offers a 130-year supply of the critical minerals. And USA Rare Earth is looking at benefits beyond the ore itself. “It’s not just about supply,” said Althaus. “We want to reinvigorate the processing industry that’s been offshored.” Toward that end, the company is constructing the first U.S. plant to produce high-purity rare earth oxides, first in a pilot plant opening in Denver, Colorado, scheduled to be fully-functional in May, and later in a full-scale continuous process operation on the Round Top site. The focus there is on sustainable processing, using renewable energy for power and an environmentally-friendly continuous ion exchange separation method, which has the added benefits of low capital and operating costs and streamlined permitting.