GTSO Seeks to Offset Threat of Rare Earth Quotas to U.S. Energy and Defense Industries

Green Technology Solutions, Inc. (OTCBB: GTSO) is working to help offset the threat to U.S. dominance posed by China’s strategic control of the global supply of rare earths. Company efforts have led to the execution of a joint venture agreement between GTSO and Rare Earth Exporters of Mongolia, which was announced earlier this week. The purpose of the JV is to procure rare earth mining claims and operations in the developing nation of Mongolia.

Last week, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported that when China slashed export quotas of fundamental minerals in 2010, it awakened American experts to a danger that has been building for more than a decade. Rare earths are crucial to the defense and economy of the United States and its allies. The difficult-to-mine minerals are used in the construction of electric cars, iPads, flat-screen TVs, and high-tech weapons. Thanks to government-controlled industry, China now produces 97 percent of the world’s rare earths, stripping the U.S. of its past dominance.

Twenty years ago, the U.S. led the world in production of rare earths. China implemented a long-term strategy to edge the U.S. out of the rare earths market by flooding the globe with cheap materials. Having now established a near-monopoly over rare-earth production worldwide, China is drastically reducing its exports in an attempt to force foreign technology firms to move their manufacturing to China. Today, the U.S. is totally reliant on the communist nation for the production of its most powerful weapons and technology.

China does not hold all of the world’s rare earth deposits, however. The vast majority of China’s rare earths are mined in the country’s Inner Mongolia region, which lies along the southern border of the nation of Mongolia. Many experts believe that Mongolia, a former Soviet state, contains rare earth deposits that rival those of China. GTSO Management is enthusiastic about the company’s prospects resulting from its new JV with Rare Earth Exporters of Mongolia.

The joint venture plans to convey Mongolian mining products overland to railway for transport to the seaport of Vladivostok, Russia, in order to avoid shipping through China. Destination ports for these mining products are set to include the U.S., Japan and South Korea, checkmating China’s strategic export policies.

By developing a new source of rare earths outside of China, GTSO aims to counter the rising security threat posed by China’s near-monopoly over materials critical to the U.S.’s energy and defense industries.

For investment information, please visit www.RareEarthExporters.com.

Green Technology Solutions commercializes clean and renewable mining technology and products in a sector that includes Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE:MCP), Rare Element Resources Ltd. (AMEX:REE), Boeing (NYSE: BA) and General Motors (NYSE: GM).

About Green Technology Solutions, Inc.

Green Technology Solutions, Inc. (GTSO) is an OTCQB publicly traded company. OTCQB is the middle tier of the OTC market. OTCQB companies report to the SEC or a U.S. banking regulator, making it easy for investors to identify companies that are current in their reporting obligations. GTSO acquires, develops and implements the newest clean mining technology to enable our partner clients to expand operations throughout the world. Environmental restrictions represent the largest restriction to mining industry growth and operations. GTSO focuses on overcoming these environmental restrictions with brilliant cutting-edge clean mining technology.

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