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Field scans being made at Fort Knox Mine northeast of Fairbanks. The scans serve as additional ground validation for airborne hyperspectral data. UAF Geophysical Institute photo
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global leader if we invest and have short- and long- term plans for developing our own resources,” Munk said. The Alaska Critical Mineral Accelerator aims to bring resources to the state and university to make Alaska a leader in supporting an emerging U.S. critical min- erals mining industry. Partners in the proposal include state and federal agencies, mining companies and organizations, other universities, tech startups, venture capitalists, non- profits and Alaska Native corporations. “Having access to our own supplies reduces the risks associated with relying on foreign adversar- ies. However, the need is bigger than this and must
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opportunities for Alaskans, hopefully bringing more economic development to the state." Alaska contains 51 of 54 minerals on the U.S. Geological Survey’s draft list of critical minerals, released in August. The United States was fully reliant on foreign sources for several of the minerals and relied on foreign sources for more than half of its needs for many others. Munk said this is something the state and country can improve on. Not just in harvesting our own crit- ical minerals for our benefit, but exporting them to other countries as well. “Increasing our own domestic supply of CMs allows the nation to be stronger in many ways. We can be a
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