Monday, March 12, 2018

USA: Lithium and Other Minerals Sourced from Geothermal Brine are Critical to the Nation’s Security and Economic Prosperity

The Importance of Minerals (The White House)


On December, 20, 2017, President Trump issued Executive Order 13817, A Federal Strategy to Ensure Secure and Reliable Supplies of Critical Minerals (Critical Minerals Executive Order). The Trump Administration has just released two important documents that support the Executive Order, the Draft List of Critical Minerals and Assessment of Critical Minerals: Updated Application of Screening Methodology, which will help ensure that the United States has an adequate and affordable supply of minerals that are vital to our Nation’s security and economic prosperity.