The Metal You've Never Heard Of Is Becoming a National-Security Priority — and America Barely Mines It

The Metal You've Never Heard Of Is Becoming a National-Security Priority -- and America Barely Mines It

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ELKO COUNTY, Nev., June 12, 2026

Issued on behalf of NevGold Corp.Antimony goes into ammunition, flame retardants, and next-generation batteries — and the United States produces almost none of it. A wave of capital is now chasing the few companies that could change that.ELKO COUNTY, Nev., June 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- American News Group News Commentary — Gold gets the headlines. Antimony gets the strategic memos. While investors spent the past two years watching bullion set records, a far more obscure metal quietly became one of the most geopolitically charged materials on the periodic table. Antimony is essential to military ordnance, flame retardants, semiconductors, and a new generation of grid-scale batteries — and the United States, by most accounts, mines effectively none of it domestically while leaning on imports from countries that have shown a willingness to use that dependence as leverage. That combination, scarcity plus strategic necessity, has turned a once-overlooked byproduct metal into a national priority, and it is reshaping how investors look at a small group of North American developers.