Great post.
>There is Tellurium, element 52 being mined in the mountains of Iran.
And Armenia.
https://globalmetals.am/en/about/industry/index.1.html
Today, Armenia is one of the leading countries with the proven reserves of molybdenum (Kajaran, Teghut, Agarak and Dastakert deposits). It owns 5.1% of overall and 7.6% of proven world reserves of molybdenum. There are also significant reserves of copper, zinc, iron, lead, gold, silver, rhenium, cadmium, tellurium, etc.
The average annual copper production in Armenia is about 23,000 tons of metal. In recent years the annual growth rate of total copper production was 7%.
Copper concentrate was at the leading position in the exports structure of Armenia in 2010 (20.7% of total exports in 2010). The industry output is exported in the form of blister copper and copper concentrate.
Armenian mining companies produced 118 thousand tons of copper concentrate in 2010. The growth rate in comparison to the previous year amounted to 133.7%.