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    The document discusses the importance of minerals in daily life and how the Twin Metals Minnesota underground mining project would provide strategic metals like copper, nickel, platinum, and gold for up to a century by mining resources in northern Minnesota's Iron Range. It also notes that a typical cellphone contains nine minerals including copper, gold, palladium and platinum.

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    The document discusses the importance of minerals in daily life and how the Twin Metals Minnesota underground mining project would provide strategic metals like copper, nickel, platinum, and gold for up to a century by mining resources in northern Minnesota's Iron Range. It also notes that a typical cellphone contains nine minerals including copper, gold, palladium and platinum.

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    MINE READER

    MINERALS SUPPORT OUR DAILY LIVES

    www.twin-metals.com

    lbs. of copper lbs. of nickel

    935

    127.8 1.23

    oz. of platinum

    oz. of palladium Troy oz. of gold

    0.425 1.46

    oz. of cobalt lbs. of silver

    89.28 3.26

    lbs. of iron ore lbs. of titanium

    27,810 837

    Source: Mineral Information Institute, online at www.mii.org

    Minerals have a profound impact on Americans daily lives. Mineral Information Institute put together a list of minerals an American will need in their lifetime all of which rest within Minnesota. Minnesota has the available mineral resources on the Iron Range to support future demands of strategic metals and iron ore. The Twin Metals Minnesota underground mining project, once operational, will provide strategic metals resources for up to a century. The Twin Metals Minnesota Mine Reader is a biweekly source of information about its proposed underground copper, nickel, platinum, palladium and gold (strategic metals) mining project in northern Minnesota. If you have a question about the project, please submit it to info@twin-metals.com. Thank you for your interest. Question: How many minerals are in a cellphone? Answer: The Mineral Information Institute reports a cellphone contains nine minerals including copper, gold, palladium and platinum, along with a variety of petroleum products.

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