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[Incredible surprise discovery under sands
of Utah desert that could give US military
huge edge over China]


[Critical minerals used for building weapons and
other essential electronics have been discovered
in the sands of Utah's Silicon Ridge.

Some 16 different types of high quality minerals
were uncovered in a 74,000 square foot mining
site in Provo.

The find could give the US an edge over China
which has long dominated the market.


Andre Zeitoun, chief executive of
Ionic Mineral Technologies (IMT),
which owns the mining site,
told the Wall Street Journal:
'You can’t make a vehicle without these,
you can’t make a fighter jet without
some of these metals.'

He added that the elements are also used
for semiconductors, electronics and chips
that power artificial intelligence.

Those discovered include lithium, alumina,
germanium, rubidium, cesium, vanadium
and niobium, the Journal reported.

Rubidium and cesium are used in atomic clocks,
whereas scandium is essential for the development
of aircraft and missiles.

Germanium is similar to silicon but
is incredibly rare and is critical for developing
semiconductors.]





https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ary-china.html

[Parmy]

Wǒ wén dào shǐ wèile

[Yuki Maru Hoshi]

I was laid up beginning of month and I've been binging a lot of chip manufacturing videos. Not surprised about this because we need some kind of local supply if we're going to at least somewhat be able to make things locally without having to send everything back out...

This lady's channel is very good for just following on recent developments:

https://www.youtube.com/@AnastasiInTech

Youtube video

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