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CloseCritical Mineral Maps - 2024
![Minerals](/sites/default/files/styles/embed_text_block/public/media/uploads/images/Minerals.jpg)
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The Wilson Center’s report, The Mosaic Approach, identified the geographic concentration of critical minerals as a significant challenge to both the supply chain, and to US geopolitical and climate ambitions. The following maps illustrate the geographic concentration of reserves and processing for five critical minerals: cobalt, copper, lithium, nickel, and rare earth elements.
![Cobalt Processing and Reserves 2024](/sites/default/files/styles/fullbleed_image/public/media/uploads/images/Cobalt2024.png)
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Wilson Center
![Copper Reserves and Processing 2024](/sites/default/files/styles/fullbleed_image/public/media/uploads/images/Copper2024.png)
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Wilson Center
![Lithium Processing Reserves 2024](/sites/default/files/styles/fullbleed_image/public/media/uploads/images/Lithium2024.png)
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Wilson Center
![Nickel Reserves and Processing 2024](/sites/default/files/styles/fullbleed_image/public/media/uploads/images/Nickel2024.png)
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Wilson Center
![REE Reserves and Refining 2024](/sites/default/files/styles/fullbleed_image/public/media/uploads/images/REE2024.png)
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Wilson Center