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Ares breaks ground on fluorspar plant

Fluorspar remains the only non-metallic critical mineral which is 100% imported in the US.

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The company's lumps plant at Delta will produce metallurgical lumps by concentrating and solidifying friable raw fluorspar into industry friendly briquettes used primarily in the steel industry.

James Walker, president and CEO of the company, said it was "moving ahead on all fronts to get our processing facilities installed, and get our expanded operation underway, while further developing our future mining prospects across the entire Spor Mountain range".

"We have assembled a very experienced and competent team of engineers, geologists, administrators, and consultants, to help drive the project forward and return a lost industry to the United States. "

The company noted that fluorspar remains the only non-metallic critical mineral which is 100% imported in the entire country, and the operation will be the only of its kind in the United States.

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