Also going up for auction this year are rare earths and rare metals – tantalum, niobium, beryllium, zirconium, and scandium. These are found in the Ukrainian Shield, a 250km belt that runs 1,000 km through central Ukraine, from Rivne in the northwest to Luhansk in the southeast. Details of lots and licenses are posted on UkraineInvest Guide, the English-Ukrainian website of UkraineInvest.