79-10-602. Center objectives.
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Effective 5/6/2026
79-10-602. Center objectives.
The center shall:
(1)serve as the state's primary partner for issues related to developing critical mineral extraction and processing from research to commercialization, including:
(a)workforce training;
(b)the testing and piloting of technology;
(c)federal grant coordination; and
(d)development of processing capacity;
(2)coordinate the center's operations with the strategic plan established by the council in accordance with Subsection 79-10-302(1) ;
(3)partner with industry and academia to:
(a)develop processing and separation processes;
(b)provide technology benchmarking and performance validation;
(c)provide pilot-scale demonstrations and scale-up;
(d)integrate physical, chemical, electrochemical, and thermal processing; and
(e)provide for autonomous sampling and real-time analysis; and
(4)lay groundwork for securing federal designation of an entity within the state as a United States critical minerals national laboratory.
Enacted by Chapter 493 , 2026 General Session