Of course it didn’t say that, why give people ideas. But how would USA feel if China was owning all our domestic silver and Gold and Copper mines? We certainly would get our representatives to bust their balls any way we can, like environmental laws taxes etc until their mine value drops enough and an American company buys them back.
What I’m implying is in the future maybe over 25 to 50 years each country’s citizens may end up owning their own natural resources. In other words, no more “Spanish explorers” taking Gold from the Aztec Indians, and getting away with it.