Who better than the U.S. Geological Survey to be concerned about rare minerals. One thing both the economy and national security need is more information about rare minerals … which are often a byproduct of mining for more abundant and widely used metals. To help with an information gap, U-S-G-S plans to expand a certain database. Here with details, research economic geologist George Case [calling from the Alaska Science Center].
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