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The Drill Grid

Who’s working right now across the six states of the Season 1 tour: the mines producing today, the drills turning, and the next generation moving through permitting. Every pin carries its source.

Idaho

  • Hecla Mining

    Lucky Friday · Mullan, Idaho

    Producing

    Silver · Lead · Zinc

    One of the deepest mines in the United States.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Bunker Hill Mining

    Bunker Hill Mine · Kellogg, Idaho

    Producing

    Silver · Lead · Zinc

    Restarting summer 2026: first production in more than 40 years.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Perpetua Resources

    Stibnite Gold Project · Yellow Pine, Idaho

    Drilling & building

    Gold · Antimony

    America’s only planned domestic primary antimony source.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • IDEX Metals

    Freeze (Kismet target) · Adams-Washington counties, Idaho

    Exploring & permitting

    Copper · Molybdenum · Tungsten

    Re-assays confirmed broad tungsten alongside the copper-moly system; early stage, no resource estimate yet.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-11

Montana

  • Montana Resources

    Continental Pit · Butte, Montana

    Producing

    Copper · Molybdenum

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Sibanye-Stillwater

    Stillwater Mine · Nye, Montana

    Producing

    Platinum · Palladium

    America’s only primary platinum and palladium mines.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Sandfire Resources America

    Black Butte · Meagher County, Montana

    Exploring & permitting

    Copper

    Reserves extended mine life to 12 years per July 2026 update.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

Wyoming

  • Ur-Energy

    Lost Creek ISR · Sweetwater County, Wyoming

    Producing

    Uranium

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Cameco

    Smith Ranch-Highland · Converse County, Wyoming

    Producing

    Uranium

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • American Rare Earths

    Halleck Creek · Albany County, Wyoming

    Drilling & building

    Rare earths

    One of the largest rare earth resources in the country.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Rare Element Resources

    Bear Lodge · Crook County, Wyoming

    Drilling & building

    Rare earths

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Ramaco Resources

    Brook Mine · Sheridan, Wyoming

    Drilling & building

    Coal-hosted rare earths

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

Nevada

  • Nevada Gold Mines

    Carlin Complex · Carlin, Nevada

    Producing

    Gold

    Barrick and Newmont JV: the largest gold-mining complex in the world.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Albemarle

    Silver Peak · Clayton Valley, Nevada

    Producing

    Lithium

    America’s only producing lithium operation.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Lithium Americas

    Thacker Pass · Humboldt County, Nevada

    Drilling & building

    Lithium

    Under construction on one of the largest known US lithium resources.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Hycroft Mining

    Hycroft · Winnemucca, Nevada

    Drilling & building

    Gold · Silver

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

Utah

  • Rio Tinto Kennecott

    Bingham Canyon · Salt Lake County, Utah

    Producing

    Copper · Molybdenum · Tellurium

    The largest man-made excavation on Earth.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Materion

    Spor Mountain · Juab County, Utah

    Producing

    Beryllium

    Supplies most of the world’s beryllium.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Energy Fuels

    White Mesa Mill · Blanding, Utah

    Producing

    Uranium · Rare earth processing

    The only operating conventional uranium mill in the United States.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

Arizona

  • Freeport-McMoRan

    Morenci · Morenci, Arizona

    Producing

    Copper

    The largest copper producer in North America.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Resolution Copper

    Resolution · Superior, Arizona

    Exploring & permitting

    Copper

    Rio Tinto and BHP JV on one of the world’s largest undeveloped copper deposits.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10