USGS Fact Sheet Explores Prospects for Rare Earth Element Mining in Lunar KREEP Deposits
December 01, 2025
December 01, 2025
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has issued Fact Sheet 2025-3049, titled 'Rare Earth Elements on the Moon,' by Laszlo P. Keszthelyi, Joshua A. Coyan, Lori M. Pigue, Kristen A. Bennett and Travis S. J. Gabriel, examining how rare earth elements (REEs) concentrated in a lunar rock type known as KREEP could one day support space-based resource development. The four-page fact sheet, edited by Crystal J. Czarniecki and designed by Kimber Petersen, was publis . . .
