The task for Belarusian specialists is to explore rare-earth minerals in the country, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said on 4 March as he made new appointments and outlined major tasks for the government team led by Vice Premier Yuri Shuleiko, BelTA reports.
The president placed special emphasis on geological exploration. “It is the number one topic today,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said. Due to the well-known circumstances, the whole world is now talking about rare-earth minerals. “They say we have rare-earth minerals here. We also need to explore the rest: chemistry, oil, gas, and so on. I have already set a corresponding task for the relevant minister,” Lukashenko said.
Geological exploration is underdeveloped in the country, the president added. Domestic specialists overlook the rare-earth mineral exploration issue. “Rare earth minerals - [U.S. President Donald] Trump knows these words very well. You have not even thought about them yet. There are not a lot of them in the earth. Perhaps, we have them as much as the others,” he said.
