OneGuyFromBarlick

Stanley wrote: ↑10 Jan 2026, 11:53 Agreed Peter, but do those options carry the possibility of access to rare earths?

I doubt that Trump and his gang have considered the practicality of mining rare earths in the Arctic temperatures and environment. Such minerals are present at extremely low levels and need vast amounts of water to process the millions of tons of rock that would be mined or quarried. That's also why it's difficult in desert situations like in South America and causes so much pollution. In the Arctic temperatures it would need enormous amounts of energy to melt ice for the processing. It's a bit like Trump wanting American oil companies to grab all Venezuela's oil - they don't want to try because it's the worst type of oil, sells very cheap and is used mostly for making asphalt (and diesel after much expensive processing).