USA Today: On an arid mountain in Eureka County, Nev., a mining company believes it's struck the 21st century equivalent of gold.
The precious commodity is vanadium, a metal that can be extracted from shale rock and used to make powerful, long-lasting batteries for cars, homes and utilities.
If Vancouver-based American Vanadium gets federal approval for its proposed Gibellini Hill Project - a 30-day public comment period ends May 29 - it will operate the only vanadium mine in the United States.
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