UKRAINE: US MINERAL RESOURCE AGREEMENT
Former US President Barack Obama has warned against "old men clinging to power," saying some leaders fear irrelevance and death. https://youtube.com/watch?v=ka75wYvMLjo&is=HmLp-FQyJsS5-Do- The U.S. and Ukraine signed the Ukraine–United States Mineral Resources Agreement on April 30, 2025, to establish the joint U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund The agreement stipulates the establishment of a jointly-owned and managed "United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund" to foster lasting peace and economic security in Ukraine. Its primary mechanisms include: Revenue sharing: Ukraine contributes 50% of royalties, rent payments, and license fees from designated natural resource assets (including titanium , lithium , and uranium ). [ 28 ] This revenue sharing applies only to new investments and projects; existing projects (like those by companies such as Naftogaz and Ukrnafta ) are explicitly exempt from contributing to the ...