A deal that would give the U.S. a share of Ukraine's critical raw minerals could set the Eastern European country on a path to peace—but many of the details are still to come.

President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelennskyy are set to sign a framework for the U.S. and Ukraine to cooperate in developing Ukrainian rare earth minerals.

Rare earth elements (REEs), which comprise of only 17 elements from the entire periodic table, play a critical role to our national security, energy independence, environmental future, and economic growth,