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Large deposit of rare elements and minerals discovered in northern Maine

Nov. 27—Geologists have discovered a large concentration of rare earth elements and trace metals highly prized by the U.S. defense, technology and alternative energy industries in 450-million-year-old volcanic rock on a remote mountainside in northern Maine.

It is still too early to know the exact size and composition of the deposit, or whether it should or could be mined despite strict state regulations. But geologists say it may rival similar deposits discovered in Australia and China, and one estimated the potential value of the Pennington Mountain deposit in the billions of dollars.

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