Subject: Re: Time 4 USA to Build Rare Earth Processing Plants_Q

All of TX qualifies. Much of it is already desert.
WV also.

For reasons of economy, it would be best to locate the processing plants nearest the deposits;

Map of rare earth deposits in the US. Apparently, the richest deposits are those in southern California, Wyoming, and Montana.

https://www.newscientist.com/a...

Map of federally owned areas.

https://civicinsighter.com/p/n...

Recall, during the 2008 "peak oil crisis", #43 proposed building refineries on military bases, so they would be beyond the reach of state and local regulators.

Steve