Peru weighing agreement with US on critical minerals, minister says

Peru’s foreign minister Hugo de Zela. Credit: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, under licence CC BY-SA 2.0.

Peru is evaluating a “memorandum of understanding” with the United States on critical minerals, foreign minister Hugo de Zela told journalists on Wednesday.

He noted that the US has shown a strong interest in critical minerals in Peru, the world’s third-largest copper producer.

(By Marco Aquino and Daina Beth Solomon)

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