Forest Service Begins Environmental Review of Bear Lodge Rare Earth Project in Wyoming
July 29, 2026
July 29, 2026
WASHINGTON, July 29 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service plans to prepare an environmental impact statement on a proposed Bear Lodge Rare Earth Project in Wyoming by Rare Element Resources Inc., Littleton, Colorado, which would involve open-pit mining of rare earth elements on National Forest System lands.
The project would extract neodymium-praseodymium from unpatented lode mining claims in the Black Hills National Forest. The proposed mine would include acc . . .
The project would extract neodymium-praseodymium from unpatented lode mining claims in the Black Hills National Forest. The proposed mine would include acc . . .