Energy Frontier: The Wyoming Landscape

Episode 84: Securing the Supply Chain: Paul Bonifas on the Bear Lodge Project and the AI Data Boom

School of Energy Resources at the University of Wyoming Season 1 Episode 84

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In this episode of Energy Frontier: The Wyoming Landscape, Dr. Erin Phillips, Acting Senior Director of Research at the School of Energy Resources, sits down with triple-degree University of Wyoming alumnus Paul Bonifas, Director of Business Development at Rare Element Resources. While Wyoming is historically recognized as a traditional energy powerhouse, the state is becoming a crucial hub for the nation's critical mineral supply chain. Throughout the conversation, Paul details Rare Element Resources' efforts to advance North America’s premier rare earth elements deposit at the Bear Lodge project near Sundance and highlights the crucial separation and refining testing underway at their Upton demonstration plant.