Minerals Resources Overview in Pakistan

Pakistan endowed with significant MINERAL resources and emerging as a very promising area for exploration of MINERAL deposits. 

Various regional geological surveys conducted in the recent past have confirmed the great potential of Pakistan in metallic like COPPER,GOLD,SILVER, CHROMITES, IRON, LEAD and ZINC realizing the vast potential of minerals reserves, there is great opportunity for the multinational and local companies to invest in this sector, which will be beneficial for the economy and the INVESTERS in the long run .There is vast potential of MARBLE, GEMS and other dimensional stones of high quality for EXPORT purposes. Currently about 52 minerals are under exploitation on small scale.

According to PMDC some MINERALS, MARBLE, & Gems Stone reserves & EXPORT potential are given below:- 

GRANITE: More than4140 million tons of granite reserves in Pakistan 

MARBLE&ONYX: only occurs mainly in Baluchistan. CHAGI district while Marbles of different classification out of 160 million tons of marble reserves estimated in Pakistan. 

ZINC/LEAD: More than 23.72 million tons of ZINC/LEAD reserves found in Pakistan. 

COAL: Geological Surveys of Pakistan (GSP) Pakistan has total coal reserves of 185 billion tons. 
Coal utilization for power Generation: Can be used for power Generation, CEMENT& other Heat intensive industries. 

KAOLIN (china Clay) Production of china clay is 61403 metric Ton. 

MAGNASITE: According to (PMDC) more than 15 million ton reserves in Pakistan with an average of 45% MGO content. 

GYPSUM: Resources 5-6 billion ton. 

DOLOMITE: 14 Million ton. 

ROCK SALT : According to PMDC the Rock Salt reserves area of their mining operation are around 600 million tons. 

SILICA: 12 Million ton.