Trump's negotiations with China over rare earth metals show their significance
'There's a lot of potential out of Saudi Arabia, they have a 2030 vision to divert from oil and gas reliance into refining critical minerals and rare earth elements,' Mr Clark told Sky News host Ed Boyd.
'As well as some opportunity out of Japan with some of the major trading houses.
'There's fifteen elements, very difficult, you can barely pronounce them, and it's been a very hard educational piece.
'When you see Donald Trump negotiating with China and it's all about rare earths, it's a wake-up, and that shows the significance of what we have, and we have it in our backyard.'
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