United States

What government agencies reported receiving from extractive companies, per fiscal year, as the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) publishes it in US dollars. A total covers every sector the country's report covers and is not split by mineral.

$7.8bnlatest reported fiscal year, 2015EITI

Sectors in the report: mining, oil, gas · Period: 2015-01-01 – 2015-12-31

EITI reports lag by two to four years. The figure is the report's own total and is not adjusted for inflation. Republished under EITI's Content Use Policy with credit to the EITI International Secretariat, eiti.org. These figures are kept in a file of their own and are not part of the atlas's ODbL data. EITI open data

Planned and under-construction projects in United States with a publicly announced capital cost, public financial backing, or both. Each line is one statement by the named publisher on the given date; the atlas adds nothing to it.

• Arctic ProjectPlannedMine

  Ambler Metals LLC · northwestern Alaska · Copper

  “targeting a Record of Decision in September 2028” · status as printed on 2026-10-02Trilogy Metals Inc.

  Announced capital cost

  USD 1.18 bn2023-02-14Trilogy Metals Inc.

  Initial capital expenditure (2023 Arctic feasibility study); sustaining capital and closure are separate figures · Trilogy Metals Inc.

  The publisher's words: “Initial capital expenditure is $1,176.8 million and sustaining capital is $114.4 million”

  Public backing

  • USD 35.6 MEquity · “Closing” · 2026-10-02Trilogy Metals Inc.

    U.S. Department of War

    The publisher's words: “Closing of the DOW $35.6 million strategic equity investment subsequent to quarter end on September 11, 2026.”

• Elk Creek ProjectPlannedMine and processing

  NioCorp Developments Ltd. · southeast Nebraska · Rare earths

  “subject to satisfactory completion of EXIM’s current due diligence review of NioCorp’s application for debt financing” · status as printed on 2026-10-15NioCorp Developments Ltd.

  Announced capital cost

  USD 1.85 bn2026-08-10NioCorp Developments Ltd.

  Upfront Capital Estimate (2026 Feasibility Study); table row: Total Upfront CAPEX ($M) $1,849 · NioCorp Developments Ltd.

  The publisher's words: “Upfront Capital Estimate of $1.85 Billion Reflects a Substantially Redesigned Processing Plant and Mining Operation”

  Public backing

  • no amount statedOther support · “letter of support” · 2026-10-15Export-Import Bank of the United States

    Export-Import Bank of the United States

    The publisher's words: “The Export-Import Bank of the United States’ letter of support marks an important step towards making the Elk Creek Critical Minerals Project a reality”

  • no amount statedOther support · “target ... of providing debt financing equivalent to approximately 65% of the Project’s upfront CAPEX requirements” · 2026-10-15NioCorp Developments Ltd.

    Export-Import Bank of the United States

    The publisher's words: “EXIM retains our target outlined in the Preliminary Project Letter of providing debt financing equivalent to approximately 65% of the Project’s upfront CAPEX requirements”

• Graphite Creek ProjectPlannedMine

  Graphite One Inc. · north of Nome, Alaska · Graphite

  “Management’s current plan is for graphite to be mined” · status as printed on 2025-11-13Graphite One Inc.

  Announced capital cost

  No announced capital cost was read.

  Public backing

  • USD 670 MLetter of interest · “Letter of Interest” · 2026-01-05Export-Import Bank of the United States

    Export-Import Bank of the United States

    The publisher's words: “approving a $670 million Letter of Interest for Graphite One Inc. (G1) to support financing of the Company's Graphite Creek Project”

  • no amount statedLetter of interest · “non-binding and conditional and does not represent a financing commitment” · 2025-12-18Graphite One Inc.

    Export-Import Bank of the United States

    The publisher's words: “Investors should be aware that the LoI is non-binding and conditional and does not represent a financing commitment.”

  • USD 37.5 MGrant · “drew down the remaining” · 2025-11-13Graphite One Inc.

    U.S. Department of Defense (Defense Production Act)

    The publisher's words: “the U.S. Department of Defense’s $37.5 million Technology Investment Agreement grant under the Defense Production Act”

• Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron ProjectPlannedMine and processing

  Ioneer · Nevada · Lithium

  “the Board will be positioned to consider a Final Investment Decision (FID)” · status as printed on 2026-08Ioneer

  Announced capital cost

  USD 1.68 bn2025-10-29Ioneer

  AACE Class 2 capital cost estimate (-10%, +15%) including a 10% contingency; table row: Initial capital expenditure (including contingencies) US$M 1,683.2 · Ioneer

  The publisher's words: “U.S.$1,683 million – AACE Class 2 capital cost estimate (-10%, +15%) including a 10% contingency”

  Public backing

  • USD 996 MLoan · “closed” · 2025-12-19Ioneer

    U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Dominance Financing (formerly Loan Programs Office)

    The publisher's words: “In January, Rhyolite Ridge closed a US$996 million loan with the U.S. Department of Energy”

  • no amount statedLoan · “has conditions to first draw” · 2025-12-19Ioneer

    U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Dominance Financing (formerly Loan Programs Office)

    The publisher's words: “$968 million in principal and $28 million in capitalised interest and has conditions to first draw”

• South West Arkansas ProjectPlannedMine and processing

  Smackover Lithium · southern Arkansas · Lithium

  “expects to take FID by the end of the first quarter of 2027” · status as printed on 2026-11-13Standard Lithium Ltd.

  Announced capital cost

  USD 1.45 bn2026-11-13Standard Lithium Ltd.

  All-in Class III capex estimate (Definitive Feasibility Study), includes a 12.3% contingency · Standard Lithium Ltd.

  The publisher's words: “All-in Class III capex estimate of $1.45 billion includes a 12.3% Monte Carlo risked contingency.”

  Public backing

  • USD 225 MGrant · “closed” · 2025-01-16Standard Lithium Ltd.

    U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Manufacturing & Energy Supply Chains

    The publisher's words: “has closed the US$225 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s”

• Stibnite Gold ProjectUnder constructionMine and processing

  Perpetua Resources Corp. · Valley County, Idaho · Antimony

  “early works construction; Final Investment Decision expected in the second half of 2026” · status as printed on 2026-05-11Perpetua Resources Corp.

  Announced capital cost

  USD 2.58 bn2026-03-31Perpetua Resources Corp.

  Initial Capital, including contingency; exclusive of pre-production revenue (Technical Report Summary as of December 31, 2025) · Perpetua Resources Corp.

  The publisher's words: “Initial Capital, reflects estimated total capital expenditures of $2,576 million as of December 31, 2025, including a contingency of $191.9 million”

  Public backing

  • USD 2.7 bnLoan · “unanimously agreed to notify Congress of a proposed” · 2026-03-31Perpetua Resources Corp.

    Export-Import Bank of the United States

    The publisher's words: “unanimously agreed to notify Congress of a proposed $2.7 billion senior secured long-term loan”

  • USD 2.9 bnLoan · “unanimously approved” · 2026-05-21Perpetua Resources Corp.

    Export-Import Bank of the United States

    The publisher's words: “has unanimously approved a $2.9 billion senior secured long-term loan”

• Thacker PassUnder constructionMine and processing

  Lithium Americas Corp. · Humboldt County, Nevada · Lithium

  “major construction of the processing plant at Thacker Pass Phase 1” · status as printed on 2026-05-14Lithium Americas Corp.

  Announced capital cost

  USD 2.93 bn2026-05-14Lithium Americas Corp.

  total Capex estimate per the Company's Technical Report (effective December 31, 2024), Thacker Pass Phase 1; source says it did not include any exposure to tariffs · Lithium Americas Corp.

  The publisher's words: “of which $1.1 billion is part of the total Capex estimate of $2.93 billion per the Company’s Technical Report.”

  Public backing

  • USD 2.26 bnLoan · “closed” · 2025-03-28Lithium Americas Corp.

    U.S. Department of Energy, Loan Programs Office

    The publisher's words: “Loan Programs Office closed a $2.26 billion loan under the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program”

  • no amount statedEquity · “restructured its deal; 5% equity ownership in the form of LAC warrants” · 2025-09-30U.S. Department of Energy

    U.S. Department of Energy, Loan Programs Office

    The publisher's words: “The new terms provide the U.S. Government with 5% equity ownership in the form of LAC warrants”

  • USD 2.23 bnLoan · “Project financing for Phase 1 includes a $2.23 billion loan” · 2026-05-14Lithium Americas Corp.

    U.S. Department of Energy

    The publisher's words: “Project financing for Phase 1 includes a $2.23 billion loan from the U.S. DOE and strategic investments from GM and Orion.”

• U.S. SmelterPlannedProcessing

  Korea Zinc · Clarksville, Tennessee · Copper, Antimony, Gallium, Germanium

  “Full-scale construction will start in 2027” · status as printed on 2025-12-15Korea Zinc

  Announced capital cost

  USD 6.6 bn2025-12-15Korea Zinc

  capital expenditures; total planned investment of $7.4 billion including working capital and financing costs · Korea Zinc

  The publisher's words: “is expected to have $6.6 billion in capital expenditures, with a total planned investment of $7.4 billion including working capital and financing costs”

  Public backing

  • USD 1.4 bnOther support · “conditional investment” · 2025-12-15Korea Zinc

    U.S. Department of War

    The publisher's words: “The Department of War’s conditional investment of $1.4 billion to build the first U.S.-based zinc smelter and critical minerals processing facility”

  • USD 2.15 bnOther support · “arranged by the U.S. Department of War together with investors” · 2025-12-15Korea Zinc

    U.S. Department of War together with investors

    The publisher's words: “Approximately $2.15 billion, arranged by the U.S. Department of War together with investors, will be invested in the smelter construction.”

  • USD 210 MGrant · “will provide $210 million in award funding” · 2025-12-15Korea Zinc

    U.S. Department of Commerce (CHIPS Act)

    The publisher's words: “The U.S. Department of Commerce will provide $210 million in award funding under the CHIPS Act for U.S. equipment procurement and other purposes.”

A short, hand-read list, not a census: 19 projects in all. Announced amounts are not spending, a letter of interest or a conditional commitment is not a loan, and amounts stay in the currency of the announcement.

Stockpiles, price floors, offtake and purchasing programmes and public funds of United States's government, as dated policy events of the type "public support". Each is one statement by its publisher.

• 2026-02-02announced · United StatesStockpileannouncedExport-Import Bank of the United States

  The Export-Import Bank approved a direct loan for Project Vault, a public-private partnership that is to establish a U.S. Strategic Critical Minerals Reserve storing raw materials for manufacturers.

  USD 10 bn · “a Direct Loan of up to $10 billion”

  Covers: “essential raw materials”

  The publisher's words: “the EXIM Board of Directors approved a Direct Loan of up to $10 billion to Project Vault”

  4 further statements from the source

  what it establishesExport-Import Bank of the United States

  The publisher's words: “a supply chain security initiative establishing the U.S. Strategic Critical Minerals Reserve”

  storageExport-Import Bank of the United States

  The publisher's words: “that will store essential raw materials in facilities across the United States”

  borrower structureExport-Import Bank of the United States

  The publisher's words: “providing long-term financing to a partnership between original equipment manufacturers and private sector capital providers”

  later EXIM release of May 4, 2026 restating the loanExport-Import Bank of the United States

  The publisher's words: “The transaction includes a direct loan of up to $10 billion”

• 2026-01-14signed · United StatesPrice floorannouncedThe White House

  Presidential proclamation under section 232 directing negotiations on imports of processed critical minerals, in which price floors for trade in critical minerals are to be considered.

  Covers: “processed critical minerals and their derivative products (PCMDPs)”

  The publisher's words: “the Secretary and the Trade Representative should consider price floors for trade in critical minerals and other trade-restricting measures”

• 2025-10-28signed · United States and JapanOther supportannouncedThe White House

  Bilateral, non-binding framework on financial support, pricing measures and a possible complementary stockpiling arrangement for critical minerals and rare earths.

  Covers: “critical minerals and rare earths” · Materials: Rare earths

  The publisher's words: “The Participants intend to work together to consider a mutually complementary stockpiling arrangement, utilizing existing national systems”

  2 further statements from the source

  pricing measuresThe White House

  The publisher's words: “pricing measures to support alternative projects and such high-standard markets”

  financial support within six monthsThe White House

  The publisher's words: “the Participants intend to take measures to provide financial support to selected projects”

• 2025-10-20signed · United States and AustraliaFundannouncedThe White House

  Bilateral, non-binding framework in which both governments commit financing for critical minerals and rare earths projects and name price floors as a possible pricing tool.

  USD 1 bn · “at least $1 billion in financing to projects located in each of the United States and Australia”

  Covers: “critical minerals and rare earths” · Materials: Rare earths

  The publisher's words: “the Participants are taking measures to provide at least $1 billion in financing to projects located in each of the United States and Australia”

  2 further statements from the source

  price floors namedThe White House

  The publisher's words: “within a pricing framework including price floors or similar measures”

  non-binding characterThe White House

  The publisher's words: “does not constitute or create any legally binding or enforceable obligations, express or implied”

• 2025-07announced · United StatesPrice floorannouncedCongressional Research Service

  In a public-private partnership with MP Materials, the Department of Defense committed to a price floor for neodymium-praseodymium, with direct payments to the company when prices fall below it.

  Covers: “per kilogram of Nd-Pr” · Materials: Rare earths

  The publisher's words: “commit to an REE price floor, offering direct payments to MP Materials if prices fall below $110 per kilogram of Nd-Pr”

• 2025-03-20signed · United StatesLoan programmein forceFederal Register

  Executive Order 14241 delegates Defense Production Act loan authority for domestic mineral production to the development finance corporation and orders a plan for a dedicated mineral production fund.

  Covers: “a critical mineral, as defined by 30 U.S.C. 1606(a)(3), as well as uranium, copper, potash, gold” · Materials: Copper

  The publisher's words: “establish a dedicated mineral and mineral production fund for domestic investments executed by the DFC”

  3 further statements from the source

  limit of the delegated loan authorityFederal Register

  The publisher's words: “The loan authority delegated by this order is limited to loans that create, maintain, protect, expand, or restore domestic mineral production”

  Export-Import Bank guidance on offtake financingFederal Register

  The publisher's words: “to secure United States offtake of global raw mineral feedstock for domestic minerals processing”

  minerals covered (definition)Federal Register

  The publisher's words: “means a critical mineral, as defined by 30 U.S.C. 1606(a)(3), as well as uranium, copper, potash, gold”

• 2024-08-29published · United StatesStockpileannouncedFederal Register

  Federal Register notice seeking comments on the proposed fiscal year 2026 plan for National Defense Stockpile acquisitions, including antimony, tungsten and neodymium-praseodymium oxide.

  Covers: “Proposed Fiscal Year 2026 Annual Materials Plan (potential acquisitions, conversions and disposals of the National Defense Stockpile)” · Materials: Antimony, Tungsten, Rare earths

  The publisher's words: “is seeking public comments on the potential market impact of proposed changes to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Annual Materials Plan (AMP)”

  4 further statements from the source

  potential acquisition: antimony, 700 metric tonsFederal Register

  The publisher's words: “Antimony....................................... MT............................... 700”

  potential acquisition: tungsten, 587,000 lbs WFederal Register

  The publisher's words: “Tungsten....................................... Lbs W............................ 587,000”

  potential acquisition: NdPr oxide, 300 metric tonsFederal Register

  The publisher's words: “Neodymium-Praseodymium Oxide................... MT............................... 300”

  nature of the stockpileFederal Register

  The publisher's words: “The NDS is a strategic stockpile, not an economic stockpile. It is not intended to influence prices in the market”