Until President Donald Trump quoted Michael McCune’s Facebook post, it wasn’t clear whether he remained interested in pursuing a minerals deal with Ukraine.

President Donald Trump hopes to announce a minerals agreement with Ukraine on Tuesday night when he addresses Congress on his first six weeks in office, three sources said, a period in which he has stretched the limits of the presidency and upended U.

What are Ukraine’s rare earth minerals, where are they and what will the deal with Trump involve? - More than 50 per cent of Ukraine’s critical rare earth mineral resources are in regions illegally an