that is until nile corp. kicked off a $1.14 billion super alloy materials project in southeast nebraska. joining us now in a fox business exclusive, the ceo, mark smith, along with former undersecretary of state for economic growth keith crock who is the former see you of -- ceo of dock you sign. mark, i'll start with you, time for science class. you know, the three elements that you'll be mining for are all named by the federal government as critical miningals, i believe -- minerals, i believe one of which which has to be stockpiled in the event of war. what are they and why do we need them? >> great question, liz, and thank you for the opportunity to be on the show today. we plan to produce nobody yum, scanned yum and titanium. 100% of the use today is imported, 100% of the scam by yum is imported, and about 90-92% of the titanium is imported into this country. so we are extremely excited to become a united states supplier of these minerals and add diversity to supply. liz: your elk creek project as identif