Per rules, not editorializing the title. This news is about a month old, but curious on thoughts?

The following minerals were found at Pennington Mountain, which is just south of Eagle Lake in Aroostook county. This is in addition to the estimated $1.5B lithium deposit near Sunday River. It looks like Maine could have a future in extracting very valuable metals for important technologies. Current law prevents mining, however.

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• niobium: used to manufacture gas turbines, jet engines and MRI scanners
• zirconium: corrosive and heat-resistant metal used in superconducting magnets
• dysprosium: boosts durability, cuts weight of magnets for electric vehicle and wind turbine motors
• erbium: amplifies the signal of fiber-optic cables carrying data over long distances
• gallium: used in semiconductors for smartphones, light-emitting diodes and solar cells
• hafnium: used in the control rods of nuclear reactors and as an electrical insulator in microchips
• lanthanum: used in hydrogen fuel cells, hydrogen storage and electric vehicle batteries
• neodymium: magnets in electric vehicles, wind turbines and computer hard drives
• praseodymium: create durable high-power magnets for electric vehicles and wind turbines
• yttrium: used in catalysts, ceramics, electronics, lasers, metallurgy and phosphors