Hole iRH23-42A returned 116.3 metres grading 10.1% zinc and 0.3 gram gold per tonne.

The miner plans to replace its entire fossil diesel consumption with renewable diesel at its operation in Utah from 2024.

This is a positive development for a nascent North American rare earths market and taps into the broader issue of the glaring lack of domestic production.

The existing standard to refine these strategic minerals is an expensive and dirty process that China has spent the past 30 years mastering.

Louis Freeh, who ran the bureau from 1993 to mid-2001, is leading Alix Partners in advising Swiss company Solway on revamping governance at the Fenix complex.

The investment comes as part of a $44 million Series B round of financing.

Some analysts argued that gold’s surge to a fresh record high was overdone.

The database covers more than 350 million sources of greenhouse gas pollution such as individual power plants, steel mills and mining operations.