This mine previously operated as Molycorp, went bankrupt in 2015. Lots of enviro-reg and market problems. A lot of circumstances are going to have to change before it becomes viable again.
Where do we get lead from since Obama closed the lead smelters?
I say we plan a military campaign on California. Besiege and take Sacramento, Los Angeles and San Francisco, and begin mining operations those locations.
Lock up the legislature and governor, arrest the democratic Congressional Representatives and Senators, put Hollywood and tv types in concentration camps, and get on with the mining!