On a pine farm north of the tiny city of Tamarack, Minnesota, Talon Metals has uncovered one in all America’s densest nickel deposits—and now it needs to start tunneling deep into the rock to extract a whole bunch of 1000’s of metric tons of mineral-rich ore a yr.
If regulators approve the mine, it might mark the start line in what this mining exploration firm claims would change into the nation’s first full home nickel provide chain, working from the bedrock beneath the Minnesota earth to the batteries in electrical automobiles throughout the nation.
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—James Temple
That is the second story in a two-part collection exploring the hopes and fears surrounding a single mining proposal in a tiny Minnesota city.
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