Why Did The U.S. Say These Minerals Were Vital to National Security?

The US Department of the Interior is responsible for managing the nation's natural resources.

Their 2025 list of critical minerals includes 60 minerals deemed vital to the US economy and national security.

What are some of the critical minerals on the list and what is the significance of their inclusion? >> Yeah, it's a great question.

It's um a very important list because it guides the federal strategy and investment as as it relates to you know reducing reliance on foreign uh supply chains. uh before this announcement included things like battery metals.

So you think about lithium, nickel, other battery metals, uh rare earth, platinum, palladium.

So a lot of common metals that are vital to the the US economy and energy security.

Uh this most recent round of of updates actually added copper, silver, and uranium along with seven other metals to the list.

So these are areas where we're really starting to see the federal government step up their game and and uh add additional investment to the space uh particularly in copper and uranium uh where they're concerned.

We've seen a lot of action uh whether it comes through uh investments in you know infrastructure or companies directly and that's really all geared at uh solidifying the supply chain.