The question remains whether Venezuela’s mineral reserves will be beneficial to the U.S., given the lack of data to assess its mineral supply.
Abigail Hunter, executive director of SAFE’s Center for Critical Minerals Strategy, told the Washington Examiner in a statement that less is known about mineral assets in Venezuela.
“It will take long-term stability and a new political direction for companies to be willing to support necessary investments and ensure these resources are developed in a way that supports transparent, diversified, and globally integrated supply chains,” Hunter said.
“Ideally, new leadership helps accomplish these goals, rather than having Venezuela’s resources consolidated through Russian and Chinese actors, as would likely be the case if they were developed under Maduro’s leadership,” she said.
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