Critical minerals are products that the government has designated as critical to our national interest because of both their potential military and industrial applications.

I pulled out the nuggets I had worked on previously and looked at the size of the wire basket that the items to be cleaned are placed into. It looks much like a miniature french fry deep fryer.

Another little gem of equipment he built was a nifty sample splitter. In order to get accurate assays, you need to have really good, representative samples for the assayer to process.

“The evidence is clear—mineral deposits alone are not enough to attract precious commodity investment dollars...”