Ua manaʻo ka National Geology and Subsoil Agency o Ukraine a me ke Keʻena Hoʻolaha Hoʻopukapuka Waiwai o Ukraine e hoʻopukapuka ʻia ma kahi o US$10 biliona i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā minelala koʻikoʻi a me nā minelala koʻikoʻi, ʻoiai hoʻi ka lithium, titanium, uranium, nickel, cobalt, niobium a me nā minelala ʻē aʻe.
Ma ka hālāwai kūkā nūhou "Future Minerals" i mālama ʻia ma ka Pōʻalua, ua hoʻolaha ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka National Geology and Subsoil Service o Ukraine ʻo Roman Opimak a me ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Ukrainian Investment Company ʻo Serhiy Tsivkach i ka hoʻolālā ma luna i ka wā e hoʻolauna ana i ka hiki ke hoʻopukapuka kālā o Ukraine.
Ma ka hālāwai kūkā nūhou, ua manaʻo ʻia he 30 mau pahuhopu hoʻopukapuka kālā-nā ʻāpana me nā metala non-ferrous, nā metala honua laha ʻole a me nā minelala ʻē aʻe.
Wahi a ka mea haʻiʻōlelo, ʻo nā kumuwaiwai e kū nei a me nā manaʻolana no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā minelala e hiki mai ana e hiki ai iā Ukraine ke hoʻomohala i nā ʻoihana hou. I ka manawa like, manaʻo ka National Bureau of Geology and Subsoil e hoʻowalewale i nā mea hoʻopukapuka kālā e hoʻomohala i kēlā mau minelala ma o nā kūʻai kūkala lehulehu. Ua kūpaʻa ka Ukrainian Investment Company (ukraininvest) i ka hoʻowalewale ʻana i nā hoʻopukapuka kālā haole i ka hoʻokele waiwai Ukrainian. E hoʻokomo pū ia i kēia mau wahi i ka "Ukrainian Investment Guide" a hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo e pono ai i nā pae āpau o ka hoʻowalewale ʻana i nā mea hoʻopukapuka kālā.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Opimac ma ka hoʻolauna: "Wahi a kā mākou kuhi, ʻo kā lākou hoʻomohala piha ʻana e huki mai i nā kālā he 10 biliona o ʻAmelika o ka hoʻopukapuka kālā i Ukraine."
ʻO ka māhele mua e hōʻike ʻia ana e nā wahi waiho lithium. ʻO Ukraine kekahi o nā ʻāina ma ʻEulopa me nā waihona i hōʻoia ʻia a me nā kumuwaiwai lithium i manaʻo ʻia. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka Lithium e hana i nā pila no nā kelepona paʻalima, nā kamepiula a me nā kaʻa uila, a me ke aniani kūikawā a me nā keramika.
I kēia manawa, aia he 2 mau waihona i hōʻoia ʻia a me 2 mau wahi eli lithium i hōʻoia ʻia, a me kekahi mau ores i hana ʻia i ka mineralization lithium. ʻAʻohe eli lithium ma Ukraine. Hoʻokahi pūnaewele i laikini ʻia, ʻekolu wale nō pūnaewele e hiki ke kūʻai aku. Eia kekahi, aia ʻelua mau wahi kahi e kau ai ka ukana hoʻokolokolo.
E kūʻai ʻia aku ana hoʻi ʻo Titanium i ke kudala. ʻO Ukraine kekahi o nā ʻāina he ʻumi kiʻekiʻe o ka honua me nā waihona nui i hōʻoia ʻia o ka titanium ore, a ʻo kāna hana titanium ore he 6% o ka huina o ka hana o ka honua. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia he 27 mau waihona a ʻoi aku ma mua o 30 mau waihona o nā ʻano like ʻole o ka ʻimi ʻana. I kēia manawa, ʻo nā waihona alluvial placer wale nō ke hoʻomohala ʻia nei, e helu ana ma kahi o 10% o nā waihona ʻimi āpau. E hoʻolālā e kūʻai aku i 7 mau ʻāpana ʻāina.
Loaʻa i nā metala ʻole-ferrous ka nui o ka nickel, cobalt, chromium, keleawe, a me ka molybdenum. He nui nā waihona metala ʻole-ferrous ma Ukraine a lawe mai i nā nui he nui o kēia mau metala e hoʻokō i kāna mau pono ponoʻī. He paʻakikī ka hoʻolaha ʻana o nā waihona mineral a me nā ores i ʻimi ʻia, ʻo ka hapa nui i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ka pale Ukrainian. ʻAʻole lākou i eli ʻia, a he kakaikahi paha ka nui. I ka manawa like, ʻo nā waihona eli he 215,000 tons o ka nickel, 8,800 tons o ka cobalt, 453,000 tons o ka chromium oxide, 312,000 tons o ka chromium oxide a me 95,000 tons o ke keleawe.
Ua ʻōlelo ke alakaʻi o ka National Bureau of Geology and Subsoil: "Ua hāʻawi mākou i 6 mau mea, a e kūʻai ʻia aku kekahi o ia mau mea ma ka lā 12 o Malaki, 2021."
E kūʻai ʻia aku ana nā metala honua laha ʻole a me nā metala laha ʻole—tantalum, niobium, beryllium, zirconium, scandium—e kūʻai ʻia aku ana hoʻi. Ua ʻike ʻia nā metala honua laha ʻole a me nā metala laha ʻole i loko o nā waihona paʻakikī a me nā ores ma ka pale kaua Ukrainian. Hoʻopili ʻia ʻo Zirconium a me scandium i loko o nā waihona alluvial a me nā waihona mua ma nā nui he nui, a ʻaʻole lākou i eli ʻia. Aia he 6 mau waihona o ka tantalum oxide (Ta2O5), niobium, a me beryllium, ʻelua o ia mau mea e eli ʻia nei. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia kekahi wahi e kūʻai ʻia aku ana ma Pepeluali 15; e kūʻai ʻia aku ana he ʻekolu mau wahi.
No nā waihona gula, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia he 7 mau waihona, ua hoʻopuka ʻia he 5 mau laikini, a ke hana ʻia nei ka hana eli ma ka waihona gula ʻo Muzifsk. Ua kūʻai ʻia aku kekahi wahi ma ke kudala i Dekemaba 2020, a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e kūdala ʻia aku nā wahi ʻē aʻe ʻekolu.
E kūʻai ʻia aku ana nā wahi hana wahie fossil hou i ke kūʻai kūkala ʻia (e mālama ʻia kekahi kūʻai kūkala ma ʻApelila 21, 2021, a ke hoʻomākaukau nei nā ʻelua ʻē aʻe). Aia ʻelua mau wahi ʻai hao e loaʻa ana i ka uranium ma ka palapala ʻāina hoʻopukapuka kālā, akā ʻaʻole i ʻōlelo ʻia nā waihona.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Opimac e hoʻokō ʻia kēia mau papahana hana minelala no ka liʻiliʻi o ʻelima mau makahiki no ka mea he mau papahana lōʻihi lākou: "He mau papahana kēia e hoʻohana nui ana i ke kapikala me kahi pōʻaiapuni hoʻokō lōʻihi."