$SLIO Critical minerals (i.e. Rare Earth elements, Lithium, Vanadium, Tungsten etc) play a critical role in the global economy with applications ranging from alloy elements to permanent magnets to laptops to, electric vehicles, cell phones to hi-tech military equipment and everything in between. The U.S Government is taking the supply of these minerals seriously and Washington lawmakers are now starting to look at ways for America to identify sources of strategic minerals that are safe from geo-politics.