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. And it's important for the federal government to understand what that inventory is. I think that the federal government has a responsibility to catalog and inventory those assets and ensure … (15:27–15:36)
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