Identify strategic minerals, explain their importance, and locate where they are found.

Strategic minerals are resources or elements that are important to everyday life because it can be a source of renewable energy and are used in manufacturing household items, equipment regarding national security, and agricultural production.

Africa is leading worldwide in terms of abundance of strategic minerals like diamond, platinum, chromium and many more. Other essential minerals such as gold, silver, copper and colored gemstones are critical minerals are imported from Afghanistan.