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• Patagonia mining project ramping up activity as it prepares “critical mineral” production (KVOA)
• Podcast: Modern Mine Planning – From Design to Reality with Kevin McCoy (On the Rocks)
• Progress on CPBA for Hermosa Project (Santa Cruz County)
• Hermosa project gives US chance at manganese self-reliance, president says (Fastmarkets)
• ADEQ approves South32 Hermosa Project expansion for tailings storage (AZPM)
• Dept. of Defense contributes $20 million to Hermosa for manganese production (Nogales International)
• South32’s Arizona manganese plant tapped for $166m US government grant (Mining.com)
• Southern Arizona Mine Gets $166 Million from Feds to Make Battery Ingredient (AZ Daily Star)
• Construction of Hermosa Mine underway after Arizona OKs clean air permit (AZPM) 
• A new standard for sustainable mining (Nogales International)
• ‘South32 Announces Key Community Partnerships and Hermosa Project Construction Milestones’  (Patagonia Regional Times) 
• South32 Hermosa Community Fund Awards $111,000 in Santa Cruz County (Community Foundation for Southern Arizona)
• South32 provides update on workforce, operation plans (Nogales International)
• South32 Announces Key Community Partnerships and Hermosa Project Construction Milestones’ (Patagonia Regional Times)
• Jobs of Tomorrow: Next Generation Mines (SME Studios)
• Nogales picked for new mine’s ‘mission control center’ (AZ Daily Star)
• Zinc mine to proceed in southern Arizona’s Patagonia Mountains (Arizona Republic)
• South32 announces $2.16 billion investment in S. Arizona Hermosa Project (KVOA TV Tucson)
• South32 Board Approves $2.16 Billion Investment in Hermosa Project (Patagonia Regional Times)
• Miner pumps $2B into first fast-tracked critical minerals project (E&E News)
• South32 finalizes $2.16B investment into Hermosa Project (Nogales International)
• New project developments underway for South32 Hermosa project (AZPM News)
• Giving back in Southern Arizona (Arizona Daily Star)
• South32 Hermosa Community Fund Awards $112,000 in SCC (Patagonia Regional Times)
• Arizona opinion: Arizona’s ‘critical’ opportunity (Arizona Daily Star) English | Spanish
• Podcast: America’s next-generation mining future (The Carbon Copy)
• Mining is essential for Southern Arizona business (Arizona Daily Star) 
• Feds set ‘FAST-41’ timetable for South32 mine (Nogales International)
• Permitting timetable published for Southern Arizona Critical Minerals (AZPM)
• Biden admin expedites ‘first-ever’ critical minerals project (E&E News)
• The massive quest for the minerals we need in a clean energy future (Cipher)
• Manganese Could Be the Secret Behind Truly Mass-Market EVs (IEEE Spectrum)
• Pro-China Agents Posed as Activists to Protest US, Canada Rare Earth Mines (Bloomberg)
• Mining Independence Is The Key To Energy Independence (Forbes)
• This “forgotten” battery metal could be the most at risk of a shortage (Emerging Tech Brew)
• Electric-Car Demand Sparks Revival of US Manganese Mining After Decades (Bloomberg)
• For The U.S., There Is No Net-Zero Without Major Permitting Reform (Forbes)
• China’s Rare Earth Metals Monopoly Could Be Coming to an End (Newsweek)
• Electric Vehicles Require Lots of Scarce Parts. Is the Supply Chain Up to It? (Wall Street Journal)
• South32 launches community fund (Nogales International)
• RRHS, PUHS, NHS grads awarded South32 scholarships (Nogales International)
• South32 Hermosa Community Fund fund boosted by $2.5M in new investments (Nogales International)