The American Exploration & Mining Association was joined by a coalition in filing a challenge last Friday in the US District Court for the District of Wyoming.

There are some 10,000 mining claims in Grassy Narrows’s interim area of interest for over more than 2,850 sq. km in the province’s far northwest.

Portugal already has the largest copper mine in the European Union, operated by Lundin Mining.

Jakarta has asked Washington for a critical mineral trade deal similar to the US deal with Japan.

To reach net zero by 2050 would require at least 194 mines or 6 new mines every year, a recent study by the IEF shows.

Humanity would have to mine more copper in the next 20 years than in human history to meet surging global demand on the back of the energy transition.

Silver is up 33% year to date (July 8), gold is up 15.8%, and copper has gained 19.1%.