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19-08-2021, 09:23 AM
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business
Updated 1536 GMT (2336 HKT) August 18, 2021
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Afghanistan is one of the poorest nations in the world. But in 2010, US military officials and geologists revealed that the country, which lies at the crossroads of Central and South Asia, was sitting on mineral deposits worth nearly $1 trillion that could dramatically transform its economic prospects.
Supplies of minerals such as iron, copper and gold are scattered across provinces. There are also rare earth minerals and, perhaps most importantly, what could be one of the world's biggest deposits of lithium — an essential but scarce component in rechargeable batteries and other technologies vital to tackling the climate crisis.
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Security challenges, a lack of infrastructure and severe droughts have prevented the extraction of most valuable minerals in the past.
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/18/busin...index.html
Updated 1536 GMT (2336 HKT) August 18, 2021
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Afghanistan is one of the poorest nations in the world. But in 2010, US military officials and geologists revealed that the country, which lies at the crossroads of Central and South Asia, was sitting on mineral deposits worth nearly $1 trillion that could dramatically transform its economic prospects.
Supplies of minerals such as iron, copper and gold are scattered across provinces. There are also rare earth minerals and, perhaps most importantly, what could be one of the world's biggest deposits of lithium — an essential but scarce component in rechargeable batteries and other technologies vital to tackling the climate crisis.
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Security challenges, a lack of infrastructure and severe droughts have prevented the extraction of most valuable minerals in the past.
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/18/busin...index.html
