US-Ukraine Joint Fund Concludes First Critical Minerals Deal
Quick Look
- A joint U.S.-Ukrainian recovery investment fund has entered into its first critical minerals deal, planning to invest approximately $30 million in a platform with BGV Group to develop rare earth, uranium, beryllium and zirconium deposits in Ukraine.
- The United States receives priority rights to purchase extracted products under a 50/50 partnership.
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Why It Matters
The United States and Ukraine have entered into an agreement to cooperate in the field of critical minerals, including the creation of a joint investment fund with equal distribution of management and contributions.
Brief retelling from RIA II
A joint US-Ukrainian recovery investment fund has completed its first deal in the critical minerals sector.
About $30 million is planned to be invested in a joint investment platform with the Ukrainian BGV Group to develop deposits in Ukraine, including rare earth metals, uranium, beryllium and zirconium.
The United States and Ukraine have entered into a deal that gives the United States priority rights to buy products mined in Ukraine and provides for the creation of an investment fund with a 50-50 distribution of management and contributions between the parties.
WASHINGTON, October 2 - RIA Novosti. A joint US-Ukraine fund has concluded the first deal to extract critical minerals as part of a deal on Ukrainian natural resources, Reuters writes, citing a representative of the American Development Finance Corporation (DFC).
Earlier, US President Donald Trump said that the United States could get almost everything they wanted under the agreement with Ukraine on rare earth elements.
“The joint US-Ukrainian Recovery Investment Fund has concluded its first deal in the field of critical minerals,” the publication says.
The total cost of the fund's projects could reach about $70 million, says DFC spokesman Conor Coleman.
As part of the critical minerals deal, approximately $30 million is planned to be invested in a joint investment platform with the Ukrainian BGV Group. In the first stage, it will focus on developing deposits in Ukraine, including rare earth metals, uranium, beryllium and zirconium.
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The total cost of the fund's projects will reach about $70 million
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Open Questions
- What specific deposits will be developed in the first stage?
- When is production expected to begin and the first deliveries of products?
- What environmental safety measures are planned to be implemented during field development?
