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By Bruce Pannier Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan are the two poorest countries in Central Asia—but in their mountains, they have something all the richest countries in the world want. Critical raw materials (CRM) are essential ingredients in making a great range of products from smartphones and computers to solar energy cells, wind turbines, electric vehicles (EVs) and energy storage systems. Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, as it happens, have relatively untouched deposits of many of sought-after CRM minerals. A huge boost in revenue could be in store for the two countries, but they will need foreign ass…