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The Thacker Pass project boundary encompasses 17,933 acres, but the land disturbance area is 5,694.8 acres.
The mine site is slated to occupy roughly 18,000 acres, with most of that land used for processing facilities and transportation logistics. Only 5,500 acres will be actively mined over the 46 years.