Ukraine’s rare earths scam: they don’t exist
Mon 10:57 pm +00:00, 3 Mar 2025 3Reports that Ukraine will pledge its vast reserves of rare earth metals and other strategic minerals in exchange for hundreds of billions of dollars worth of loan forgiveness and additional aid have supply chain managers perplexed.
No honest assessment of Ukraine’s mineral assets comes anywhere close to the numbers that top government officials claim. The US Geological Survey, and even publications from Ukraine’s ministries report only trace amounts of rare earth metals anywhere in the country.
Even were we only to consider non-rare earths, other problems become apparent. Many of those reserves are in Russian hands, and much of the rest can not be commercially mined at current market prices.
The situation in Ukraine is alarmingly similar to Afghanistan, where Pentagon assessments of Afghan mineral reserves dramatically overstated their actual size and market value, while giving war planners additional time and resources to prosecute what was ultimately a losing war effort.
Excellent well presented info, thanks Gordon
All part of the rolling Ukie psyop then. Is there ANYTHING that we can believe about these stories?
It’s not just the msm either is it. Stands to reason that some alternative sources are infested with agents too, why wouldn’t they be?
Trump is more than aware of this, which is why I say it is a smokescreen.
I read that before the argument started at the WH with the cameras rolling, Trump was telling Elensky he had to deliver the DS elite paedophiles and stop the child trafficking and that this was the purpose of the visit and Elensky refused.
Correction. That should have read ‘withOUT the cameras rolling.