Of course, there's precious metals and rare-earth elements in there too, but are they economically-viable to process?

Yes, I know all about the externalities of uranium mining as a portion of my extended family who lived in a particular house around the Four Corners/Durango area all died within a matter of years from horrible cancers due to contaminated drinking water.

https://www.ewg.org/research/170-million-us-drink-radioactiv...