Episode 10 of 11
Wyoming Critical Minerals
Bear Lodge, WyomingRare Earths
Rare earths for magnets, defense, and future tech: the strategic minerals America needs next.
The History
Wyoming’s newest chapter is rare earths. Bear Lodge in the state’s northeast corner ranks among the highest-grade rare earth deposits in North America, American Rare Earths is advancing the massive Halleck Creek project near Wheatland, and Ramaco Resources’ Brook Mine near Sheridan pairs coal with coal-hosted rare earths, part of the first wave of new US rare earth mining in generations. These are the magnet metals behind EVs, wind turbines, and defense.
The Dream Tour List for This Leg
The stops and companies we want on camera as the convoy works this ground. Proposed, not confirmed bookings, and growing as the dream tour list fills in.
Rare Element Resources · Bear Lodge
Among the highest-grade rare earth deposits in North America.
American Rare Earths · Halleck Creek
One of the largest rare earth resources in the country, near Wheatland.
Ramaco Resources · Brook Mine
Coal-hosted rare earths near Sheridan: a first-of-its-wave American story.
Green River trona country
Bonus thread: the basin that supplies about 90 percent of America’s soda ash.
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