WASHINGTON, April 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — What if America’s most valuable asset wasn’t listed on any balance sheet… but has been sitting beneath our feet all along?
According to former CIA advisor Jim Rickards, the United States controls a vast natural reserve buried beneath federal lands—rich in materials essential to the modern economy—and estimates of its potential market value have reached as high as $150 trillion.
“We’re told the country is running out of options,” Rickards says. “But there’s a resource—physical, strategic, and proven—that we’ve barely touched.”
A STRATEGIC ASSET, BURIED IN POLICY
Much of this land has remained under federal oversight since the 19th century, largely shielded from commercial use due to environmental restrictions, permitting frameworks, and regulatory inertia.
But with …