Thanks amigo for posting the interview. Two points are worth...

Thanks amigo for posting the interview. Two points are worth listening to.

1) Don Swartz says the finding of good levels of zircon was a surprise and it will provide an additional revenue stream, without extra cost. Zircon just "comes along for the ride". They know that it can be concentrated to about 2.3% by the gravity circuit, and the researchers are testing for further improvements: "Beneficiation work currently being performed includes testing to separate and further concentrate zirconusing gravity separation and magnetic removal of paramagnetic minerals to further upgrade thematerial." (Zircon has a value of US$2,000 to US$2,300 per metric ton.)

2) Also, and possibly most importantly, Don says the timeline is 3 years to "permit, construct and develop the mine at Halleck Creek", and he remarks that the new tariffs on imported permanent-magnet rare earths will be phased in over a similar period of 3 years. In this period: "there will be a build up of downstream industry that we hope to serve." He then goes on to say: "ARR is the only north American project that can fit that timeline". So IMO, patience will be rewarded, and many times over, with ARR.