How the U.S. Geological Survey aids the search for critical minerals

Federal Drive with Tom Temin

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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