I get it. I’ve been involved in mining and the oil business. (I once had a bumper sticker that said “What can’t be grown must be mined.” With drilling for oil a form of “mining”.)
But mining claims were (and still are to some degree) a place where they might fudge the numbers for investors that want to “strike it rich”.
That said, I hope that these results are accurate (or that the claim is even BIGGER!) and that we can produce these materials in the USA. Next step would be to get Trump elected, and relax some of the too strict regulations to make development a bit easier.
For the environmentalists, the best way to save “mother earth” is to allow more mining and drilling in the USA, where we actually have rules (too many) that need to be followed.
The environmental damage done by mining in most other countries is really bad. And they have no OSHA either.