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2022 Final List of Critical Minerals

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U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior / Federal Register

OfficialenPublished 24 Feb 2022Accessed 12 Aug 2026

Canonical Federal Register notice, 87 FR 10381 (FR Doc. 2022-04027). Read in full 2026-08-12 via the Federal Register full-text endpoint (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2022/02/24/2022-04027.txt). Source of the verbatim 50-mineral list, the SUMMARY framing anchor, and the statement that the list is made under section 7002 of the Energy Act of 2020 (Pub. L. 116-260) and revises the 2018 list at 83 FR 23295.

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https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/02/24/2022-04027/2022-final-list-of-critical-minerals

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  1. 2022 Final List of Critical Minerals

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  1. This 2022 final list of critical minerals is not intended to replace related terms and definitions of minerals that are deemed strategic, critical or otherwise important.

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  1. United States

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