About rare earths and china's control of such and as if china's does not control Cobalt !! There is definitely something wrong with this picture given what we know of cobalt and well predicted shortage that looms.... from cobalt news ....
https://www.mining.com/canadas-minerals-extraction-in-situation-critical/ Robin has to be on to some federal money and FN support ....
"It takes 10 to 20 years to bring a mine from discovery to production, not just in Canada but elsewhere as well.
“We need to up our game and streamline our permitting process and make decisions faster,” Goehring said. “Mines have long lead times, and if we’re not able to improve our permitting processes, and we don’t engage [First Nations] in a more meaningful way, we will miss this opportunity. I think policymakers are starting to understand this challenge and are turning their attention towards it.”
While details of the federal critical minerals strategy won’t be fully known until it is formally approved by Parliament, there are expectations of some direct government investment in the form of equity or loans – “patient capital,” Gratton calls it – in certain types of mines and processing, like rare earths.
“Where you hear more about direct government involvement is in rare earths,” Gratton said. “Because for rare earths, China has control of the market. In the past, whenever the Chinese perceive a threat, they flood the market, prices collapse, mine goes out of business.
“It’s a very difficult market to get into because China controls it. They control the price and they’re state-run enterprises, so they don’t care about profit. They have these mines in China and elsewhere for strategic reasons. And we’re competing against that.”