MINERALS

• $3B+ Joint Investment: Kicks off over $3 billion in joint mineral projects to unlock $53 billion in resources.

• Secures Supply: Develops a non-China supply chain, including funding for a crucial gallium refinery in Western Australia.

• Global Model: Establishes a worldwide model for resilient mineral and energy supply-chain cooperation.

US push for a Critical Minerals Framework as a model for supply chain cooperation globally resulting in securing rare earth mineral supply deals across Asia: Trump cemented deals to bolster the supply of rare earths and other critical minerals that are crucial for the making of batteries, automobiles, defense systems and computing chips:

• Australia

• Malaysia

• Thailand

• Cambodia

• Japan