The $10 Trillion Resource North Korea Can’t Tap

North Korea may not have proved petroleum reserves, but it’s
estimated that the secluded belligerent nation sits on reserves of
more than 200 minerals—including rare earth minerals—worth an
estimated up to US$10 trillion. Of course, there are no official
reports on how much North Korea’s mineral wealth really is, but
according to rough estimates from earlier this decade, Pyongyang’s
deposits of coal, iron ore, zinc, copper, graphite, gold, silver,
magnesite, molybdenite, and many others, are worth between US$6
trillion…

North Korea may not have proved petroleum reserves, but it’s
estimated that the secluded belligerent nation sits on reserves of
more than 200 minerals—including rare earth minerals—worth an
estimated up to US$10 trillion. Of course, there are no official
reports on how much North Korea’s mineral wealth really is, but
according to rough estimates from earlier this decade, Pyongyang’s
deposits of coal, iron ore, zinc, copper, graphite, gold, silver,
magnesite, molybdenite, and many others, are worth between US$6
trillion…