Africa: 2026 Critical Minerals Ministerial Fact Sheet

Washington, DC — EDITORS NOTE: The African countries participating in the invitation-only  Critical Minerals Ministerial – Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Kenya, Morocco, Sierre Leone and Zambia. The United States signed new bilateral critical minerals frameworks or MOUs with Guinea and Morocco.

• Today the United States, together with our partners and allies, has set out to reshape the global market for critical minerals and rare earths. Secretary of State Marco Rubio,…