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SWBTATTReg

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2. This has been an issue for a long time. I thought when I last read about this issue, that US investors were

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 03:51 PM

16 hrs ago

literally digging more into US properties, to more thoroughly investigate rare earth minerals, if there were more than originally thought or found (previous mining efforts were after gold, silver, other such things).

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A new rare earth crisis is brewing as yttrium shortages spread - Reuters [View all] TexasTowelie 17 hrs ago OP

Guess who has large deposits of yttrium? Bev54 16 hrs ago #1

With the fat orange imbecile in the WH, I'm like "Go Canada!" wolfie001 14 hrs ago #3

This has been an issue for a long time. I thought when I last read about this issue, that US investors were SWBTATTReg 16 hrs ago #2

They're only digging to enrich themselves wolfie001 14 hrs ago #4