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gharma

06/08/12 12:54 AM

#3726 RE: Blairman #3725

. . . and, speaking of what went down Wednesday in Washington at the Strategic Minerals Conference 2012, one focal event was the release by American Resources Policy Network of their report “Assessing Risk: Critical Metals and National Security”
You can access the report here:
http://americanresources.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/ARPN_Quarterly_Report_WEB.pdf

Among the things you will find in the report are:

A very brief synopsis of each of the two House Bills and the one Senate Bill currently under consideration - two of which mention streamlining the permitting process while the other is said to "set certain policy goals for federal agencies aimed at facilitating domestic resource production"

A pyramid of materials of concern, the top of which is of highest concern, and that is where manganese is placed

A review of the strategic stockpile, in 2000 compared to 2010 (zero EMM)

The assessment, relative to the 13 materials in the top of the pyramid:

Four metals in the top Risk tier – Manganese, Niobium, Tantalum and Tin – are reported by USGS as having little or no known U.S. resources. We note, however, that in the cases of Niobium and Manganese, two mining companies are currently pursuing development projects in the
U.S. for these critical resources.



A number of angles by which the rankings were derived.

chippy

06/09/12 7:57 AM

#3728 RE: Blairman #3725

Keep up the good research. I was aware of the beating with Baja, but not with VTR. Your input is great !

Spare change is running thin for further shares -- but looking around on how to acquire more. I did alot of buying starting two years ago, then another 4 times thereafter, so I topped off on what I could back aways.