E tusa ai ma se fa'asalalauga fou na tusia i le aso 8 o Novema, 2021, na toe iloilo e le United States Geological Survey (USGS) ia ituaiga minerale e tusa ai ma le Energy Act o le 2020, ia na fa'ailoa mai o ni minerale taua i le 2018. I le lisi fou na lomia, o lo'o fautuaina mai ai ituaiga minerale e 50 (i le fa'asologa fa'a-alafapeta).
Alumini, 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, ruthenium, magnesium, manganese platinum, praseodymium, rhodium, rubidium, lutetium, samarium, scandium, tantalum, tellurium, terbium, thulium, apa, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, ytterbium, yttrium, zinc, thulium.
I le Tulafono o le Malosiaga, o minerale taua ua faʻamatalaina o minerale e le o ni suauʻu poʻo ni mea taua mo le tamaoaiga poʻo le saogalemu o Amerika. Ua manatu i latou o se filifili sapalai vaivai, e tatau i le Matagaluega o le Initeria ona faʻafouina le tulaga i le itiiti ifo ma le tolu tausaga e faʻavae i luga o le auala fou o le Tulafono o le Malosiaga. O loʻo talosagaina e le USGS ni faʻamatalaga a le lautele i le va o Novema 9 ma Tesema 9, 2021.