Chart of the Day: Key points of the U.S.-Ukraine mineral agreement

The United States and Ukraine formally signed a mineral investment agreement Wednesday, granting the U.S. preferential access to Ukrainian mineral deals.

The deal sets up a 50-50 investment vehicle aimed at accelerating post-war recovery through the exploration and development of titanium, uranium, lithium, graphite, manganese and other strategic minerals.

Under the agreement, all profits generated in the first 10 years must be reinvested directly into Ukraine's economy.

While both governments frame the fund as a long-term commitment to Ukraine's sovereignty and prosperity, analysts caution that linking military aid to resource access may raise ethical and geopolitical concerns.

Ukraine possesses approximately 20,000 known deposits across 117 types of minerals, contained within just 0.4 percent of the Earth's surface yet estimated to represent around 5 percent of the planet's total mineral resources.