US Defense Department targets Alaskan heavy rare earths
By Laura Syrett
Published: Tuesday, 02 October 2012
Ucore’s Bokan Mountain to be studied as part of critical minerals strategy
The US Department of Defense (DOD) has contracted
with the Canadian
rare earths junior Ucore Rare Metals Inc. to conduct a
mineralogical and metallurgical study on the company’s
Bokan Mountain heavy rare earths (HREE) project in
Alaska, US.
The programme is to be executed via Ucore’s US
subsidiary,...