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Graphite One Resources Inc. Dec. 21 said a U.S. Geological Survey report on critical minerals of the United States and an executive order to develop a federal critical mineral's strategy highlights the importance of the company's Graphite Creek project in western Alaska.

The USGS report lists graphite among the 23 metals and minerals critical to "the national economy and national security of th...