THE story about the EES hearing (The Guardian 16/4) for the proposed Goschen mine and industrial processing plant stated "VHM's proposed site in Lalbert holds the world’s largest, highest-grade zircon, rutile and rare earth mineral deposits, which are 'critical minerals' to help transition to green energy”.

This sounds like marketing spin because the actual facts are that the best rare earth sites are in China and of the at least six mineral sand mining projects, in various stages of planning and de