I think the federal government has a responsibility to determine what is the asset value of the lands that they are presently holding and to catalog what is there. Right. I mean, We have nearly 50 of the 50 critical minerals on the critical minerals list in Alaska. We have rare earths down here in southeast Alaska, and we probably have substantial deposits of those critical minerals and rare earths in addition to base metals and precious metals in the Tongass. (15:15–15:24)
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Asserts that Alaska has nearly all critical minerals listed by the federal government.
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