In the 50s Lithium was used in some medicines. Now it is an important, almost essential, resource. Similarly, what we need in the future will be quite different than what we use today.

Now, lets take oil. Something that is highly prized and has had a lot of engineers and geologists looking for the stuff.

Do we have any idea how much of this resource we have? Not really.
Do we have any idea how much of this resource there is on the earth? Not at all.
(one of the biggest finds of oil is under Texas, where they thought they drilled every square mile.)

And this is something with lots and lots of effort behind it.
We couldn't make this catalog of resources even if we wanted to.
So, the first step the Venus Project outlined is pretty much in the realm of impossible.