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Idaho Strategic Announces its Plans for the 2025 Rare Earth Elements Exploration Field Season in Alignment with President Trump’s Recent Executive Order
Idaho Strategic Announces its Plans for the 2025 Rare Earth Elements Exploration Field Season in Alignment with President Trump’s Recent Executive
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[{"type":"text","content":"The Company plans for its busiest exploration season to-date in 2025 targeting rare earth elements (\"REE\") and thorium (\"Th\") at its expansive land holdings in central IdahoAll three projects: Lemhi Pass, Mineral Hill, and Diamond Creek are included in the U.S.' National REE Inventory and located in Idaho's well-known and underexplored REE-Th BeltIDR believes its projects are well suited for President Trump's recent Executive Order titled, \"Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production in the United States\"COEUR D'ALENE, IDAHO / ACCESS Newswire / March 25, 2025 / Idaho Strategic Resources, Inc. (NYSE American:IDR) (\"IDR\", \"Idaho Strategic\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce its exploration plans for the 2025 exploration field season at its three rare earth elements and thorium projects, each of which are largely located in central Idaho within Idaho's 70-mile long REE-Th Belt (Figure 1).Although Idaho Strategic has been planning its 2025 exploration programs for many months now, the timing to announce the Company's plans serendipitously coincides with President Trump's recent Executive Order titled, \"Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production in the United States\", announced late last week. The Executive Order directs government agencies to immediate action to facilitate domestic mineral production to the maximum extent possible by identifying and encouraging mineral development on Federal lands, and by streamlining the Federal permitting process.Idaho Strategic's management believes that its strategic first mover advantage and track record as an operator within the state of Idaho and the importance of its rare earth elements and thorium projects aligns well with President Trump's strategy to unlock the mineral potential of the United States. The Company's exploration plans for each of its projects in 2025 are summarized below:Lemhi Pass (Figure 2)Building on successful exploration results that yielded up to 5% total rare earth oxides (TREO) including magnet REEs in excess of 70%, Idaho Strategic is planning a widespread radiometric survey over known REE and Th occurrences coinciding with an extensive soil sampling initiative. The combination of both radiometrics and soil sampling allows for the identification of potential drill targets and initial ground truthing of those targets...