This Lunar Resource Is So Valuable It Could Spark a New Gold Rush

Image: Interlune’s render of its Helium-3 harvesting system. Image courtesy of Interlune. Article by Jesse Orrall. CNET – November 16, 2025.

There’s a resource in lunar soil so valuable it could ignite a 21st-century gold rush. At a reported value of $20 million per kilogram, this material is roughly 150 times more valuable than gold due to its potential use in fusion power plants, cooling for quantum computers, and its current use in detecting attempted smuggling of nuclear materials for national security purposes. […]

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