Expert Says Rare-Earth Mine Badly Needed

Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska – Juneau

An international expert says a Southeast Alaska mineral deposit could become one of the nation’s most important rare-earth element mines. Owners of the Bokan Mountain site say they’re proceeding in hopes of developing an area that once held a uranium mine.

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