by Larry Campbell, DarbyThe Sheep Creek mining company, US Critical Materials, new office in Darby is an empty shell. About a month ago USCM released a widely spread high priced public relations initiative and new website saying: “U.S. Critical Materials is establishing a local office and community space in Darby, Montana, to help strengthen communication and accessibility within the Bitterroot Valley community,” and, “The office reflects the company’s commitment to maintaining a local presence, supporting open communication, building long-term relationships, increasing accessibility to project information, and participating in the local community.” USCM’s words often do not match their deeds and are just empty shells meant to fool rubes, which is, apparently, how they view us. So much for “transparency” and “increasing accessibility to project information”.