FILE - A core sample drilled from underground rock near Ely, Minn., shows a band of shiny minerals containing copper, nickel and precious metals, center, that Twin Metals Minnesota LLC, hopes to mine near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota, Oct. 4, 2011. On Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, a federal judge dealt another serious setback to the proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel mine near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, dismissing a lawsuit by the company that sought to regain the critical mineral rights leases that the Biden administration cancelled. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski, File)
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