[GraceG]

[ Everybody has thorium. Rare earths frequently occur in the same areas ]

We have TONS of the stuff and at rare earth mines it is considered a “Waste” product, and the EPA is and what will be limiting us from mining it for ourselves should we have Thorium Reactors made here or in China...

[muawiyah]

We just reopened a rare earth mine in California. There are other sites though. China shut down a bunch of their rare earth mines that had not been mined responsibly.

Other folks are opening such mines.