Certainly if you're in Africa and you go to mines there, you're, you're likely to find Chinese trained or at least the younger professionals are often from China. So our allies, however we negotiate with them, are going to be essential. We don't have the resources, the critical minerals in sufficient quality and where it can be accessed profitably and efficiently. We don't have those types of deposits in the United States. I did my first class in industrial minerals back when I was a geology geologist or geology student. (19:40–20:02)
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Asserts the U.S. lacks sufficient quality deposits of critical minerals for profitable extraction.
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