Wahi a kahi hoʻolaha nūhou i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma Nowemapa 8, 2021, ua loiloi ka United States Geological Survey (USGS) i nā ʻano mineral e like me ke Energy Act o 2020, i kapa ʻia he mineral koʻikoʻi i ka makahiki 2018. Ma ka papa inoa i paʻi hou ʻia, ua manaʻo ʻia nā ʻano ore 50 e hiki mai ana (ma ke kaʻina pīʻāpā).
Aluminum, antimony, arsenic, barite, beryllium, bismuth, cerium, cesium, chromium, cobalt, chromium, erbium, europium, fluorite, gadolinium, gallium, germanium, graphite, hafnium, holmium, indium, iridium, lanthanum, lithium, ruthenium, magnesium, manganese, lithium, ruthenium, magnesium, manganese platinum, praseodymium, rhodium, rubidium, lutetium, samarium, scandium, tantalum, tellurium, terbium, thulium, tin, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, ytterbium, yttrium, zinc, thulium.
Ma ke Kānāwai Ikehu, ua wehewehe ʻia nā minelala koʻikoʻi he mau minelala ʻaʻole wahie a i ʻole nā mea minelala e pono ai no ka hoʻokele waiwai a i ʻole ka palekana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua manaʻo ʻia lākou he kaulahao lako palupalu, pono ke Keʻena Kalaiaina e hōʻano hou i ke kūlana ma ka liʻiliʻi i kēlā me kēia ʻekolu makahiki ma muli o ke ʻano hou o ke Kānāwai Ikehu. Ke noi nei ka USGS i nā manaʻo o ka lehulehu i ka wā o Nowemapa 9-Dekemaba 9, 2021.