30 certified Labor Condition Applications on file with the U.S. Department of Labor, FY2022–FY2026.
Since September 2025, DOL's Project Firewall opens H-1B investigations without waiting for a complaint. These checkpoints come from MP Mine Operations LLC's own public LCA filings (FY2024–FY2026) — the same records an investigator pulls first.
Next end date: 2026-12-15. Employing an H-1B worker past the LCA end date without a new certified LCA is a strict-liability violation — the replacement LCA must be certified before the I-129 extension is filed.
Each worksite needs its own 10-business-day LCA notice and a PAF record of that posting; a move to a new area of intended employment needs a new LCA before the worker starts there.
Level I is the entry-level prevailing-wage tier and the band DOL's Project Firewall reviews first for misclassification (senior duties filed at an entry-level wage). The national share is 17%.
Median offered wage is 27% above the DOL prevailing wage across 22 recent certified LCAs. Paying at the floor is lawful, but it invites the question of whether the wage level itself is right.
Public DOL disclosure data can lag actual filings by a quarter. Descriptive only — not legal advice.
Yes — MP Mine Operations LLC sponsors H-1B workers, with 30 certified LCAs on file (FY2022–FY2026), including 10 in FY2026. The median certified salary is $125,101 (P25 $110,000, P75 $137,433). With a 34% transfer share, this employer actively accepts H-1B transfers. 100% of its certified filings meet or exceed the prevailing wage.
MP Mine Operations LLC H-1B sponsorship at a glance, from public U.S. DOL LCA disclosure data (FY2022–FY2026).
Certified LCAs are a prerequisite to H-1B petitions, not visa approvals; one LCA can cover multiple workers. Descriptive only — not legal advice.
The shaded band is the middle half of certified salaries (P25–P75); the bar spans the lowest to highest certified salary.
Levels I–IV are DOL prevailing-wage experience tiers; 75% of filings are senior-level (III–IV).
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2023 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| FY2024 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| FY2025 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| FY2026 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Case dispositions from the U.S. DOL OFLC disclosure files. Withdrawn are LCAs that were certified and later withdrawn by the employer; they still count toward Total.
| Job title | Salary | Level | Location | Filed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Process Engineer II I-200-26132-901893 | $125,000/yr | II | Mountain Pass, CA | May 12, 2026 | Certified |
Senior Buyer I-200-26128-888780 | $92,789/yr | I | Mountain Pass, CA | May 08, 2026 | Certified |
Warehouse Operations Systems Analyst I-200-26125-870808 | $120,000/yr | III | Mountain Pass, CA | May 05, 2026 | Certified |
Senior Engineer, Process I-200-26120-854380 | $151,496/yr | IV | Mountain Pass, CA | Apr 30, 2026 | Certified |
Electrical Engineer I-200-26120-853670 | $154,500/yr | IV | Mountain Pass, CA | Apr 30, 2026 | Certified |
Engineer II, Process I-200-26098-767900 | $125,000/yr | II | Mountain Pass, CA | Apr 07, 2026 | Certified |
Engineer II, Process I-200-26087-737754 | $125,000/yr | III | Mountain Pass, CA | Mar 27, 2026 | Certified |
Operations Manager I-203-26056-664044 | $240,000/yr | II | Mountain Pass, CA | Feb 25, 2026 | Certified |
Lead Engineer, Metallurgy I-200-25274-350765 | $165,000/yr | IV | Mountain Pass, CA | Sep 30, 2025 | Certified |
Senior Buyer I-200-25274-350774 | $90,000/yr | II | Mountain Pass, CA | Sep 30, 2025 | Certified |
Manager, Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis I-200-25149-032421 | $149,350/yr | III | Las Vegas, NV | May 29, 2025 | Certified |
Process Control Engineer I-200-25129-959773 | $135,000/yr | III | Mountain Pass, CA | May 09, 2025 | Certified |
Process Control Engineer I-200-25127-950959 | $136,578/yr | III | Mountain Pass, CA | May 07, 2025 | Certified |
Engineer, Process Control I-200-25127-950955 | $135,000/yr | III | Mountain Pass, CA | May 07, 2025 | Certified |
Process Control Engineer I-200-25122-931132 | $135,000/yr | III | Mountain Pass, CA | May 02, 2025 | Certified |
Process Control Engineer I-200-25122-931273 | $125,000/yr | III | Mountain Pass, CA | May 02, 2025 | Certified |
Senior Instrumentation Engineer I-200-25122-931020 | $159,650/yr | III | Mountain Pass, CA | May 02, 2025 | Certified |
Process Control Engineer I-200-25122-930937 | $135,000/yr | III | Mountain Pass, CA | May 02, 2025 | Certified |
Senior Process Engineer I-200-25120-919316 | $132,000/yr | III | Mountain Pass, CA | Apr 29, 2025 | Certified |
Senior Process Development Engineer I-200-24205-217343 | $153,000/yr | III | Mountain Pass, CA | Jul 23, 2024 | Certified |
Senior Process Control Engineer I-200-24138-008222 | $140,000/yr | III | Mountain Pass, CA | May 17, 2024 | Certified |
Process Control Engineer I-200-24040-707361 | $115,000/yr | II | Mountain Pass, CA | Feb 09, 2024 | Certified |
Material Manager I-200-23354-581595 | $64,522/yr | I | Mountain Pass, CA | Dec 20, 2023 | Certified, withdrawn |
Senior Project Metallurgist I-200-23243-312419 | $125,202/yr | III | Mountain Pass, CA | Aug 31, 2023 | Certified |
Robotics Engineer I-200-22284-523657 | $110,000/yr | III | Westlake, TX | Oct 11, 2022 | Certified |
Robotics Engineer I-200-22283-520556 | $110,000/yr | III | Westlake, TX | Oct 10, 2022 | Certified |
Sr. Metallurgical Engineer I-200-22217-400933 | $100,818/yr | III | Mountain Pass, CA | Aug 05, 2022 | Certified |
Financial Analyst I-200-22080-995237 | $90,000/yr | III | Las Vegas, NV | Mar 21, 2022 | Certified |
Process Development Engineer I-200-21343-755292 | $95,000/yr | II | Mountain Pass, CA | Dec 09, 2021 | Certified |
One row per LCA case (its latest version), from U.S. DOL OFLC disclosure data. Salaries are the offered wage, converted to a yearly figure. Certified LCAs are not visa approvals.
Worker positions by LCA filing purpose, summed across FY2022–FY2026 disclosure records.
Most active filing months: May and Apr — useful for timing transfer conversations.
Attestations from the employer's own LCA filings (Form ETA-9035), as disclosed by the U.S. DOL.
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