Pakistan moved to position its rare earth reserves as a strategic bargaining chip with the United States, with Field Marshal Asim Munir personally presenting samples of “rare earth precious metals and stones" to US President Donald Trump during a meeting at the White House on Thursday, which also saw Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif.

According to top intelligence inputs accessed by CNN-News18 , Munir briefed Trump on Pakistan’s potential in rare earths and critical minerals, a sector vital for US defence, electric vehicles and semiconductor industries.

Trump, who hailed Sharif and Munir as “great leaders," is understood to have expressed interest in exploring Pakistan’s mineral wealth, estimated by various sources to be worth about six trillion dollars.

The meeting came soon after Pakistan

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