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Local April 23, 2025 | 2:27 pm

Dominican Republic’s rare earth reserves unlock US strategic interest

Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Republic is poised to become a key supplier of rare earth elements—vital for electronics—with estimated reserves of about 100 million tons pending confirmation. Exploration in Pedernales’s Ávila reserve, supported by the University of Barcelona and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has attracted U.S. backing; Secretary of State Marco Rubio pl... Read more