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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
India, Australia, and the United States have the largest known deposits of Thorium ores.
5 posted on 07/04/2013 1:38:40 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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To: reg45

Largest in the US is in eastern Idaho...Lemhi Pass Thorium Deposit. Lots of unproven resource there.


9 posted on 07/04/2013 3:27:13 PM PDT by Cuttnhorse
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To: reg45
The Chinese control 97% of the world's rare earth market and have been restricting its export. Fortunately the Mountain Pass mine in CA (off the I-15 near Las Vegas) did not close entirely and restarted operations last year.
10 posted on 07/04/2013 3:42:57 PM PDT by chrisinoc
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