2024年2月7日 · Fluorspar mining on the Burin Peninsula has a checkered past because of its links to both economic growth and industrial disease, and the cycle of boom and bust times. Commercial mining began...

ARES Strategic Mining owns the only permitted fluorspar mine in the US - the Lost Sheep Mine in western Utah. The company holds 100% interest in the mine, which consists of 353 claims and covers an area of approximately 5,982 acres.

The U.S. Department of the Interior lists fluorspar as one of 50 Critical Minerals and metals vital to our country. As is the case with many critical minerals mined overseas, America’s reliance on foreign sources of fluorspar poses a threat to both our economy and our national security.

Fluorite (also called fluorspar) is the mineral form of calcium fluoride, CaF 2. It belongs to the halide minerals. It crystallizes in isometric cubic habit, although octahedral and more complex isometric forms are not uncommon. The Mohs scale of mineral hardness, based on scratch hardness comparison, defines value 4 as fluorite. [6]

ARES is a mining company that owns the only permitted fluorspar mine in the US and is focused on returning fluorspar manufacturing to North America.

2024年2月19日 · Benchmark says the growing use of fluorspar products in lithium-ion offers both opportunities and challenges for mining companies seeking to open new mines that could help meet the rising demand and diversify the supply chain for this lesser-known battery mineral.

2024年10月10日 · Ares Strategic Mining (CSE:ARS) has gone through a large and long evolution, transforming from a project-focused mining company to an emerging force in manufacturing fluorspar—a mineral critical to various U.S. industries.

world production of fluorspar was an estimated 9.5 million tons compared with . 9.53 million tons in 2023. The supply of fluorspar in Chinawas constrained by country-wide safety inspections and rectification of fluorspar mining issued by the Ministry of NaturalResources and conducted by the Mine Safety Administration from March through August.

2024年12月19日 · Ares has procured essential heavy mining equipment to progress its flagship fluorspar project in the United States. This acquisition reinforces Ares’ position as a key supplier of high-grade fluorspar, critical to the nuclear energy and industrial sectors.

2025年1月30日 · Ares Strategic Mining holds the only permitted and producing fluorspar mine in the United States, with no others currently scheduled to open. Ares’ Lost Sheep mine holds the highest naturally occurring fluorspar-grade in the US …