Idaho Strategic Announces its Plans for the 2025 Rare Earth Elements Exploration Field Season in Alignment with President Trump’s Recent Executive Order
Idaho Strategic Resources (IDR) has announced its most extensive rare earth elements (REE) exploration plans for 2025, focusing on three projects within Idaho's 70-mile REE-Th Belt: Lemhi Pass, Mineral Hill, and Diamond Creek. The announcement aligns with President Trump's recent Executive Order to boost domestic mineral production.
At Lemhi Pass, which previously yielded up to 5% total rare earth oxides with magnet REEs exceeding 70%, IDR plans radiometric surveys and soil sampling. Mineral Hill will undergo drone-assisted radiometric, magnetic, and lidar mapping, building on previous findings of 20-34% TREO at the Upper Roberts occurrence. At Diamond Creek, the company plans follow-up trenching with drilling options, expanding on their 2022 program and historic resources identified by USGS in 1979.
The company positions itself as the largest rare earth elements landholder in the United States, combining gold production with REE exploration potential. The exploration strategy aims to capitalize on the new administration's focus on developing domestic resources and reshoring American jobs.
Idaho Strategic Resources (IDR) ha annunciato i suoi piani di esplorazione più estesi per gli elementi delle terre rare (REE) per il 2025, concentrandosi su tre progetti all'interno della cintura REE-Th di 70 miglia dell'Idaho: Lemhi Pass, Mineral Hill e Diamond Creek. L'annuncio è in linea con il recente Decreto Esecutivo del Presidente Trump per aumentare la produzione mineraria nazionale.
Presso Lemhi Pass, che in precedenza ha prodotto fino al 5% di ossidi totali di terre rare con REE magnetici superiori al 70%, IDR prevede sondaggi radiometrici e campionamenti del suolo. Mineral Hill subirà mappature radiometriche, magnetiche e lidar assistite da droni, basandosi sui risultati precedenti del 20-34% di TREO riscontrati nell'occorrenza di Upper Roberts. Presso Diamond Creek, l'azienda prevede di effettuare scavi di follow-up con opzioni di perforazione, ampliando il loro programma del 2022 e le risorse storiche identificate dal USGS nel 1979.
L'azienda si posiziona come il più grande proprietario di terre rare negli Stati Uniti, combinando la produzione di oro con il potenziale di esplorazione di REE. La strategia di esplorazione mira a capitalizzare l'attenzione della nuova amministrazione sullo sviluppo delle risorse nazionali e sul ritorno dei posti di lavoro americani.
Idaho Strategic Resources (IDR) ha anunciado sus planes de exploración más extensos para elementos de tierras raras (REE) para 2025, centrándose en tres proyectos dentro del cinturón REE-Th de 70 millas de Idaho: Lemhi Pass, Mineral Hill y Diamond Creek. El anuncio se alinea con la reciente Orden Ejecutiva del Presidente Trump para impulsar la producción mineral nacional.
En Lemhi Pass, que anteriormente produjo hasta un 5% de óxidos totales de tierras raras con REE magnéticos que superan el 70%, IDR planea realizar encuestas radiométricas y muestreo de suelos. Mineral Hill se someterá a mapeo radiométrico, magnético y lidar asistido por drones, basándose en hallazgos previos del 20-34% de TREO en la ocurrencia de Upper Roberts. En Diamond Creek, la empresa planea seguir con excavaciones y opciones de perforación, ampliando su programa de 2022 y los recursos históricos identificados por el USGS en 1979.
La empresa se posiciona como el mayor propietario de tierras raras en Estados Unidos, combinando la producción de oro con el potencial de exploración de REE. La estrategia de exploración tiene como objetivo capitalizar el enfoque de la nueva administración en el desarrollo de recursos nacionales y la reubicación de empleos estadounidenses.
아이오와 전략 자원 (IDR)은 2025년을 위한 가장 광범위한 희토류 원소(REE) 탐사 계획을 발표했으며, 아이오와의 70마일 REE-Th 벨트 내 세 가지 프로젝트인 레미 패스, 미네랄 힐, 다이아몬드 크릭에 초점을 맞추고 있습니다. 이 발표는 트럼프 대통령의 최근 행정 명령과 일치하여 국내 광물 생산을 촉진합니다.
레미 패스에서는 이전에 5%까지의 총 희토류 산화물을 생산했으며, 자석 REE는 70%를 초과하는 IDR이 방사선 조사 및 토양 샘플링을 계획하고 있습니다. 미네랄 힐은 드론 지원 방사선, 자기 및 라이더 매핑을 수행하며, Upper Roberts 발견에서 20-34% TREO의 이전 결과를 바탕으로 합니다. 다이아몬드 크릭에서는 2022년 프로그램 및 1979년 USGS에 의해 확인된 역사적 자원을 확장하기 위해 후속 도랑 작업 및 시추 옵션을 계획하고 있습니다.
회사는 미국에서 가장 큰 희토류 원소 소유자로 자리잡고 있으며, 금 생산과 REE 탐사 잠재력을 결합하고 있습니다. 탐사 전략은 새로운 행정부의 국내 자원 개발 및 미국 일자리 재배치에 대한 관심을 활용하는 것을 목표로 합니다.
Idaho Strategic Resources (IDR) a annoncé ses plans d'exploration les plus étendus pour les éléments des terres rares (REE) pour 2025, en se concentrant sur trois projets dans la ceinture REE-Th de 70 miles de l'Idaho : Lemhi Pass, Mineral Hill et Diamond Creek. L'annonce s'aligne sur le récent décret exécutif du Président Trump pour stimuler la production minérale nationale.
À Lemhi Pass, qui a précédemment produit jusqu'à 5 % d'oxydes totaux de terres rares avec des REE magnétiques dépassant 70 %, IDR prévoit des enquêtes radiométriques et des échantillonnages de sol. Mineral Hill subira un cartographie radiométrique, magnétique et lidar assistée par drone, s'appuyant sur des découvertes antérieures de 20 à 34 % de TREO à l'occurrence d'Upper Roberts. À Diamond Creek, l'entreprise prévoit de réaliser des travaux de tranchée de suivi avec des options de forage, élargissant son programme de 2022 et les ressources historiques identifiées par l'USGS en 1979.
L'entreprise se positionne comme le plus grand propriétaire d'éléments des terres rares aux États-Unis, combinant la production d'or avec le potentiel d'exploration des REE. La stratégie d'exploration vise à tirer parti de l'accent mis par la nouvelle administration sur le développement des ressources nationales et le rapatriement des emplois américains.
Idaho Strategic Resources (IDR) hat seine umfangreichsten Erkundungspläne für Seltene Erden (REE) für 2025 angekündigt, wobei der Fokus auf drei Projekten im 70 Meilen langen REE-Th-Gürtel von Idaho liegt: Lemhi Pass, Mineral Hill und Diamond Creek. Die Ankündigung steht im Einklang mit dem kürzlichen Erlass von Präsident Trump zur Förderung der inländischen Mineralproduktion.
In Lemhi Pass, wo zuvor bis zu 5% Gesamtgehalte an Seltenen Erden Oxiden mit magnetischen REE von über 70% gewonnen wurden, plant IDR radiometrische Untersuchungen und Bodenproben. Mineral Hill wird eine drohnenunterstützte radiometrische, magnetische und Lidar-Kartierung durchlaufen, die auf früheren Funden von 20-34% TREO in der Upper Roberts-Lage basiert. In Diamond Creek plant das Unternehmen Nachgrabungen mit Bohroptionen, um das Programm von 2022 und die historischen Ressourcen, die 1979 vom USGS identifiziert wurden, zu erweitern.
Das Unternehmen positioniert sich als der größte Eigentümer von Seltenen Erden in den Vereinigten Staaten und kombiniert die Goldproduktion mit dem Erkundungspotenzial von REE. Die Erkundungsstrategie zielt darauf ab, die Aufmerksamkeit der neuen Verwaltung auf die Entwicklung inländischer Ressourcen und die Rückführung amerikanischer Arbeitsplätze zu nutzen.
- Company holds largest rare earth elements land package in the United States
- Previous exploration at Lemhi Pass showed high-grade results with 5% TREO and 70% magnet REEs
- Mineral Hill samples showed exceptional surface grades of 20-34% TREO
- Executive Order support could streamline permitting and accelerate development
- Diamond Creek's historic resource is not compliant with modern 43-101 or S-K 1300 standards
- Exploration programs subject to potential schedule changes and contractor errors
- Projects face risks of unforeseen regulatory and permitting challenges
Insights
Idaho Strategic's announcement represents a well-timed strategic move that capitalizes on the new administration's focus on domestic critical mineral production. The company's exploration plans across three rare earth elements (REE) projects coincide perfectly with President Trump's executive order aimed at streamlining mineral development on federal lands.
The exploration program details are particularly encouraging. At Lemhi Pass, previous sampling yielded up to
What's most significant here is the potential regulatory acceleration. Mining projects typically face lengthy permitting processes that can add years to development timelines and increase carrying costs substantially. The executive order's directive to identify and encourage mineral development on federal lands while streamlining permitting represents a meaningful catalyst for IDR's portfolio.
For a small-cap company like IDR (
The intersection between IDR's rare earth exploration announcement and Trump's executive order highlights a critical shift in U.S. resource security strategy. Rare earth elements, despite their misleading name, are essential components in everything from precision-guided missiles to EV batteries, yet the U.S. remains over
This executive order represents more than routine policy - it signals a fundamental reimagining of critical mineral supply chains as national security assets. By directing agencies to "immediate action" on permitting and development, the administration is creating tangible competitive advantages for domestic producers like IDR that traditional market analysis might undervalue.
IDR's emphasis on thorium alongside REEs is particularly notable. While the announcement doesn't elaborate, thorium represents a potential future nuclear fuel with significant advantages over uranium. The company's unique position as both a gold producer and REE explorer provides operational cash flow while pursuing longer-term strategic minerals - a hedge against both economic uncertainty and geopolitical minerals competition.
The company's claims of being the "largest rare earth elements landholder in the United States" (though self-assessed) positions it as a potential cornerstone in any serious domestic REE development initiative. While exploration success remains uncertain, the regulatory tailwinds created by this executive order substantially improve IDR's risk/reward profile by potentially reducing the most significant non-geological barriers to development - federal permitting timelines and regulatory uncertainty.
The Company plans for its busiest exploration season to-date in 2025 targeting rare earth elements ("REE") and thorium ("Th") at its expansive land holdings in central Idaho
All three projects: Lemhi Pass, Mineral Hill, and Diamond Creek are included in the U.S.' National REE Inventory and located in Idaho's well-known and underexplored REE-Th Belt
IDR believes its projects are well suited for President Trump's recent Executive Order titled, "Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production in the United States"
COEUR D'ALENE, IDAHO / ACCESS Newswire / March 25, 2025 / Idaho Strategic Resources, Inc. (NYSE American:IDR) ("IDR", "Idaho Strategic" or the "Company") is pleased to announce its exploration plans for the 2025 exploration field season at its three rare earth elements and thorium projects, each of which are largely located in central Idaho within Idaho's 70-mile long REE-Th Belt (Figure 1).
Although Idaho Strategic has been planning its 2025 exploration programs for many months now, the timing to announce the Company's plans serendipitously coincides with President Trump's recent Executive Order titled, "Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production in the United States", announced late last week. The Executive Order directs government agencies to immediate action to facilitate domestic mineral production to the maximum extent possible by identifying and encouraging mineral development on Federal lands, and by streamlining the Federal permitting process.
Idaho Strategic's management believes that its strategic first mover advantage and track record as an operator within the state of Idaho and the importance of its rare earth elements and thorium projects aligns well with President Trump's strategy to unlock the mineral potential of the United States. The Company's exploration plans for each of its projects in 2025 are summarized below:
Lemhi Pass (Figure 2)
Building on successful exploration results that yielded up to
Mineral Hill (Figure 3)
The plan for IDR's Mineral Hill project is to fly drone assisted radiometric, magnetic, and lidar mapping over the Company's entire claim block. This program is designed to identify and assist in planning for potential future drill targets. As the project sits, Idaho Strategic has already identified areas that warrant drilling, such as the Upper Roberts occurrence that returned multiple samples between
Diamond Creek
Given the success of Idaho Strategic's 2022 trenching and drilling program at its Diamond Creek project, the Company's geologists have planned and permitted a follow-up trenching program (with the optionality to drill) at a number of occurrences along strike from the favorable results obtained in 2022. The program is designed to extend the strike length of the historic resource outlined by M.H. Staatz of the United States Geological Survey in 1979, which was based on limited surface exploration work and covered approximately half of the strike length identified to-date by Idaho Strategic geologists. While the historic resource at Diamond Creek is not compliant with modern 43-101 or S-K 1300 resource standards, it is a great starting point for Idaho Strategic's geologists to build from.
Idaho Strategic's CEO and President, John Swallow stated, "It is an extremely busy and exciting time for our Company and our industry. In light of President Trump's latest Executive Order - and our strategic focus on gold production and critical minerals exploration - we feel we are well positioned to benefit from the new administration's efforts to develop American resources and reshore American jobs.
We see this Executive Order as a real world ‘value-add' component to project analysis in both timing and certainty. For the project owner, the ability to positively address the ‘drill hole to production to final product' value proposition is important in any discussion. And mitigating the ‘permitting challenge' topic obviously changes the tone of the discussion for all the players at the table.
I have long believed that a time would come when we would be strongly compelled to rebuild the American production base from the 1950s and given the steps this administration has taken over the past couple of months, I believe that we are in the midst of some version of that. At IDR we are especially proud of the mineral endowment of the state of Idaho and recognize what this Executive Order could do to maximize the value of our projects and help provide a domestic solution to our country's import reliance for rare earth elements."
Figure 1: Idaho REE-Th Belt
Figure 2: Lemhi Pass Radiometrics and Soil Sampling Program
Figure 3: Mineral Hill Magnetics, Radiometrics, and Lidar Survey Area
About Idaho Strategic Resources, Inc.
Idaho Strategic Resources (IDR) is an Idaho-based gold producer which also owns the largest rare earth elements land package in the United States. The Company's business plan was established in anticipation of today's volatile geopolitical and macroeconomic environment. IDR finds itself in a unique position as the only publicly traded company with growing gold production and significant blue-sky potential for rare earth elements exploration and development in one Company.
For more information on Idaho Strategic Resources, visit https://idahostrategic.com/presentation/, go to www.idahostrategic.com or call:
Travis Swallow, Investor Relations & Corporate Development
Email: tswallow@idahostrategic.com
Phone: (208) 625-9001
Forward Looking Statements
This release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended that are intended to be covered by the safe harbor created by such sections. Often, but not always, forward-looking information can be identified by forward-looking words such as "intends", "potential", "believe", "plans", "expects", "may", "goal', "assume", "estimate", "anticipate", and "will" or similar words suggesting future outcomes, or other expectations, beliefs, assumptions, intentions, or statements about future events or performance. Forward-looking information includes, but are not limited to, the potential for Idaho Strategic to conduct one or more of the exploration programs listed in this press release, the potential for its exploration results to warrant a follow-on drill program or additional exploration, the potential schedule changes and unforeseeable contractor errors, and the potential for unforeseen regulatory or permitting challenges. Forward-looking information is based on the opinions and estimates of Idaho Strategic Resources as of the date such information is provided and is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance, or achievements of IDR to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Investors should note that IDR's claim as the largest rare earth elements landholder in the U.S. is based on the Company's internal review of publicly available information regarding the rare earth landholdings of select companies within the U.S., which IDR is aware of. Investors are encouraged not to rely on IDR's claim as the largest rare earth elements landholder in the U.S. while making investment decisions. The forward-looking statement information above, and those following are applicable to both this press release, as well as the links contained within this press release. With respect to the business of Idaho Strategic Resources, these risks and uncertainties include risks relating to widespread epidemics or pandemic outbreaks; interpretations or reinterpretations of geologic information; the accuracy of historic estimates; unfavorable exploration results; inability to obtain permits required for future exploration, development or production; general economic conditions and conditions affecting the industries in which the Company operates; the uncertainty of regulatory requirements and approvals; fluctuating mineral and commodity prices; the ability to obtain necessary future financing on acceptable terms; the ability to operate the Company's projects; and risks associated with the mining industry such as economic factors (including future commodity prices, and energy prices), ground conditions, failure of plant, equipment, processes and transportation services to operate as anticipated, environmental risks, government regulation, actual results of current exploration and production activities, possible variations in ore grade or recovery rates, permitting timelines, capital and construction expenditures, reclamation activities. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated, or intended. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such information. Additional information regarding the factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from this forward‐looking information is available in Idaho Strategic Resources filings with the SEC on EDGAR. IDR does not undertake any obligation to update publicly or otherwise revise any forward-looking information whether as a result of new information, future events or other such factors which affect this information, except as required by law.
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