> this is probably a strategic mistake A larger strategic mistake would be having lots of very large and both military and natural disaster vulnerable tailings

> this is probably a strategic mistake A larger strategic mistake would be having lots of very large and both military and natural disaster vulnerable tailings ponds everywhere in your country "just because there is the possibility of a strategic mistake if we don't mine stuff". It doesn't take more that a dozen of those Tailings dam failures to completely ruin a small country.