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The US government is hunting for rare metals out West. That doesn’t fly with some locals.

Post Views: 513 In September 2020, geologist Jay Temple began living part-time at an RV park just outside Westcliffe, Colorado, a small high-altitude town. Located between two sets of mountains—the craggy Sangre de Cristos and the Wet Mountains—it is a geologist’s heaven. In Custer County’s Wet Mountain Valley, Temple investigates old reports of mineral deposits…