Rare earth minerals are increasingly important for emerging energy technologies. For Defense Metals, a Vancouver-based mining company with a large deposit of them in northern B.C., the geopolitics involving China and America are bound to have an impact on their market --- just as Canadian policies will. CEO and president Craig Taylor of Defense Metals discusses the challenges with BIV publisher and editor-in-chief Kirk LaPointe.

<p>Rare earth minerals are increasingly important for emerging energy technologies. For Defense Metals, a Vancouver-based mining company with a large deposit of them in northern B.C., the geopolitics involving China and America are bound to have an impact on their market --- just as Canadian policies will. CEO and president Craig Taylor of Defense Metals discusses the challenges with BIV publisher and editor-in-chief Kirk LaPointe.</p>

British Columbia's only daily news show focused on business, brought to you by Business in Vancouver newspaper and biv.com. Join hosts editor-in-chief Kirk LaPointe as well as reporters Tyler Orton and Hayley Woodin as they interview Canada's business and political leaders about the pressing issues facing British Columbian businesses and industries today. Join them as they discuss real estate, technology, the resource industries and local and provincial politics.

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