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University of Wyoming and ClimateChain: Tracking Rare Earth Minerals
In August 2024, ClimateChain announced a University of Wyoming partnership focused on tracking rare earth minerals through Project NorthStar.
By NorthStar Global · Posted October 28, 2026
Original announcement: August 22, 2024
What the announcement covered
The ClimateChain-issued release described a collaboration on mineral traceability and emissions-reduction records. It positioned Project NorthStar around domestic supply chains and the evidence needed to communicate environmental performance.
According to the release, ClimateChain’s proposed architecture uses zero-knowledge proofs to demonstrate that an event occurred while limiting access to underlying business details.
The connection to NorthStar
The announcement names Project NorthStar and connects blockchain research with rare earth mineral supply chains. It provides historical context for the themes explored on this website: tracking materials, tracing activity, and supporting environmental claims with evidence.
Read the original release
This post summarizes the 2024 announcement; it does not report a new agreement or independently verified project outcomes.
Source: ClimateChain, distributed by PR Newswire, August 22, 2024.