The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, highlighted a few days ago during his visit to the Dominican Republic that there are rare earth deposits and said that “prefers” that they are in the hands of a friendly country, “And not in one who is not a friend and that is on the other side of the planet“.
“The rare earths in the Dominican Republic belong to you, these materials are very important for the progress of several fields such as defense and in all technologies (…). It is very positive that these lands are in Our hemisphere, “said the high position during a press conference he offered with the Dominican President Luis Abinader.
Rubio went to Santo Domingo on his first tour as Secretary of State and explained that Dominican Organizations and Army Engineers of his country are collaborating to identify and eventually extract rare earths, which they are “Very important“To continue with technological advances in this century.
“It is very positive to help develop your richness in the Dominican Republic, a friend, ally. I prefer that they be in the hands of a country that is not a friend and that is on the other side of the planet,” Rubio said , in apparent allusion to China, the main world exploiter of rare earths.
At that point, he considered that mutual collaboration has been “extremely important“To identify rare earths on Dominican soil. Abinader, meanwhile, revealed that gross reserves of rare earths in their country are around 100 million tons,” which is very significant. “
The ruler pointed out that in about two or three months “We will have exact numbers“And he stressed that to extract rare earths, help and technology (US) are needed, so your country has constituted a public company.
“We are going to exploit these lands, but the market is in the United States, mainly. Advice (American) is always necessary for sufficient exploitation and makes economic sense,” he added.
