At least four rare earth elements, including two that China has placed export restrictions on in global metals and minerals markets it dominates, have been discovered in commercially viable quantities at a planned Alaska mine sitting on the nation’s largest-known graphite deposit.
British Columbia-based Graphite One confirmed Nov. 13 that its geologists have found neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium, and terbium at its Graphite Creek mine under development on the Seward Peninsula, less than 40 miles north of Nome.
“The presence of rare earths at Graphite Creek suggests that recovery as a by-product to our graphite production will maximize the value,” Graphite One President Anthony Huston said….