Dani Burger

Can you tell us what kind of agreements you've struck for the rights to do this mining?

I mean, for how long have you got the rights?

How do you split it up in terms of what you get out of the ground with the local economy?

How does that look, Tony?

I was just going to ask, where are these minerals that you mine are going to be refined?

Are you saying that half will be refined in the U.S.

or sort of at the behest of U.S.

companies?

Because the refining question is one that sticks in my mind.

It's a really difficult process, so I hear, to refine these things.

Maybe dirty and dangerous.

Yeah, it's very difficult.

So who does the refining of the stuff that you get?

Tony, great to get you on the program again.

Thanks so much for joining us.

Tony Sage there of Critical Metals talking about getting these rare earth minerals, heavy rare earth minerals out of the ground.

And it's an incredibly important endeavor as we have grown to realize over the past few years for manufacturing of high tech goods.

Joining us now as we parse through everything that has happened in 2025 around the trade story is the 20th U.S.

Trade Representative Jamison Greer.

Representative Greer, I want to start on how busy 2025 really was.