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  <title><![CDATA[Kaolin tailings are Georgia’s hidden gateway to critical minerals in AI era]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>In the mid-1990s, a <a href="https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2024/08/an-innovation-agenda-for-the-department-of-energy/#:~:text=A%20recent%20study%20estimates%20that,the%20dominant%20source%20of%20funding." target="_blank">Department of Energy-funded project</a> helped catalyze one of the most transformative breakthroughs in American energy history: the development of a horizontal drilling bit capable of withstanding the extreme conditions of shale formations.&nbsp;</p><p>Before this innovation, natural gas trapped in tight shale rock was considered too expensive and technically challenging to extract.&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.ajc.com/opinion/2025/12/kaolin-tailings-are-georgias-hidden-gateway-to-critical-minerals-in-ai-era/">Read Full Story on AJC.</a></p>]]></body>
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      <value><![CDATA[ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ]]></value>
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      <value>2025-12-19</value>
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