Axius has published the full draft of the Ukrainian mineral exploitation agreement, which Washington and Kiev seems to be approaching.
The draft agreement calls for the establishment of a reconstruction investment fund managed by the governments of the United States and Ukraine jointly in order to achieve permanent peace in Ukraine.
According to the text obtained by the site, the fund will be directed to invest in projects in Ukraine and attract investments to increase development, including areas such as mining and ports.
Ukraine and the United States will manage the fund equally to enhance the economic value associated with Ukraine resources, including metal resources, oil, gas resources, infrastructure and ports until the fund is fully funded.
The draft agreement calls for the payment of 50% of Ukraine revenues from extractable resources, including minerals, oil and gas, to the fund to be established.
The proposed deal states that the contributions to the fund by the Ukraine government will continue until it amounts to $ 500 billion.
The Ukraine government will also contribute to the fund with an amount equivalent to twice the amount of the United States to Ukraine after the date of this agreement.
On the other hand, the United States will recover some expenses related to the defense of Ukraine and its rebuilding, and the return of the country’s gross domestic product to the pre -war level.
The government of the United States of America plans to provide a long -term financial commitment to the development of Ukraine, stable and economic prosperous, as stated in the draft obtained by “Axios”.
Under the proposed deal, the United States will express its desire to keep Ukraine free, sovereign and safe.
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Rare minerals in Ukraine
US President Donald Trump is seeking to secure 500 billion dollars of rare Ukrainian minerals, which is necessary for the high -strength magnet industry used in advanced technology.
Despite the reports indicating that Ukraine possesses rare minerals estimated at $ 10 trillion, most of these precautions are not recognized internationally as economically feasible, as they are often considered secondary products to extract phosphates. Also, some of these areas are under Russian control, adding additional complications to any possible agreement, according to Bloomberg.
- Ukraine occupies the undisputed lead in the European continent, as its territory includes 22 rarely out of 30 minerals used by the countries of the continent, and 50 minerals classified by the United States as “extreme importance”, with a total value of about 15 trillion dollars.
- Globally, Ukraine is fourth (alongside India, Brazil and Vietnam) in the volume of rare metal reserves, after China (68%) and America (12%) and Australia (5%).
- According to the “Forbes Ukraine” magazine, the country has about 10% of the world’s reserves (and the largest of Europe’s reserves) of the lithium metal used in the production of batteries, with an estimated size of about 500 thousand tons.
- Ukraine has about 90 tons of zirconium used in jet engines.
- Ukraine is also among the 10 most prominent countries rich in titanium metal used in the production of missiles, aircraft and ships, with a size of 2.3 thousand tons.
- In general, the lands of Ukraine include 660 tons of vanadium, 90 tons of zirconium, 50 tons of nubium, 50 tons of cadmium, also 15 tons of tantalum, 5 tons of gallium, 1.8 tons of serum, as well as 1.5 tons of Andium , Ceinium pace, broes of brillium, and 0.8 tons of Etrium, As well as half a ton for both telorium, scandium, gearmanium, and havhenium separately.
