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“The Pentagon-backed mine, which would be the country's first antimony project, has an estimated reserve of 148 million pounds of the metal used in bullets and tanks, as well as in flame retardants and alloys for electric vehicle batteries.” Read more below:
John Metzger
2mo
Pentagon- backed .....there is a term for an environmently aware - public facing entity!
Research Geologist at Idaho Geological Survey
2moAntimony was mined in Idaho as well - in several places, including the Sunshine mine in the Coeur d'Alene district, the Hermada mine and elsewhere. Production was decades ago and in some cases, there were federal subsidies for strategic reasons.