The United States and Chile have signed two agreements on critical minerals and security, underlying cooperation on economic resilience and combating organized crime.
The agreements, finalized in Santiago, include a memorandum of understanding on critical minerals and an amendment to an existing security accord, according to an April 20 statement from the Chilean Foreign Affairs Ministry.
The memorandum of understanding on critical minerals, signed by U.S. Ambassador to Chile Brandon Judd and Chilean officials, establishes a framework to promote capacity-building across the supply chain, from critical minerals exploration to processing.
Judd said in an April 21 post on X that the memorandum also aims to “boost investment in critical minerals.”…