According to foreign media reports, Bayan Mining and Minerals, an Australian listed company, has made strategic investments in the world's most promising rare earth mineralization zones, applying for 72 federal mining licenses located in the eastern part of the Mojave Desert in California.
The project, named Desert Star (abbreviated as Sha Xin), covers an area of 6 square kilometers and is only 4.5 kilometers away from the same-named mine of MP Materials, the only active rare earth mine in the US and one of the richest rare earth mines globally. In addition, the project is only 4.7 kilometers away from the Colosseum project of Dateline Resources.