00:00If we talk about your visit here in BC, lots of nuts and bolts. Give us some details about what your meetings look like here.
00:08Well, the main reason I came was that there was a Critical Minerals Ministry which was convened by Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.
00:18There were a number of countries I think, 50 odd countries which were done.
00:23So that meeting took place today. In fact, it's still going on. I took a break from that.
00:29And that was the principle reason. It was a very good discussion.
00:34Critical Minerals is a very important subject. The US has been a partner for some years.
00:41Today they launched a new initiative called FORGE which we have supported.
00:46It's a kind of successor to the Mineral Security Partnership.
00:50So, I think overall, you know, to me it was a good meeting, very productive, very outcome-oriented, very business-like.
01:01And that was the core reason I came.
01:06But obviously, if you're coming to Washington, you do a lot of other things.
01:09So, yesterday I did my bilaterals with Secretary Rubio.
01:13I also had a meeting with the Treasury Secretary, Scott Bassett.
01:17And today, because a number of other foreign ministers are here, there were a whole lot of, you know, full asides.
01:23So, you stand there like you and I are standing and sort of catch up with the relationship.
01:29So, we know very useful things.
01:30So, we know very useful things.
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