Alaska's critical minerals potential to take center stage at AMA convention; antimony and graphite expected to be hot topics.

Rising geopolitical tensions around the globe, China's increasing use of critical minerals as a trade war weapon, and the International Energy Agency's forecast that an additional $800 billion needs to be invested into the mining of energy transition metals by 2040 in order to meet global climate ambitions, have political and military leaders looking North to Alaska for secure and reliable supplies of minerals critical to the United States.

"We must end America's dangerous dependence on China for critical minerals, which are increasingly necessary for alternative energy sources, advanced batteries, and defense technologies," said Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan. "Alaska can and will lead the way in unleashing America's resource potential."

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