It should belong to those heroes who discovered it, invented and developed the means to exploit it, invested the money to create infrastructure for #2, and created a technological civilization that can make use of it.
Under what theory of justice should it belong to ignorant savages who would, on their own, have no use for it whatever?
The same theory of justice which says I can't bust in your house and screw your old lady just because you're a short-peckered dweeb who doesn't know what a hot piece he's got. The same theory that says I can't come and steal your hot-rod car just because you're an old geezer who drives 50 in the fast lane. The same theory that says I can't swipe your golf clubs just because you're a pathetic duffer. Etc, etc, and so on.