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Balochistan Province & Investment Attractions BALOCHISTAN MINERAL RESOURCES & INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY ABDUL MAJID 1 BALOCHISTAN PROVINCE & INVESTMENT ATTRACTIONS Balochistan makes 43% of land mass of Pakistan Its geological belt has known world-class mineral deposits More than half of Pakistan’s important metallogenic zones are located in Balochistan No provincial tax except rent and royalty No sale tax will be levied on the export of minerals Only 5% custom duty on import of plant, machinery and equipment Export Processing Zone for foreign investments. 2 Metallogenic zones of Balochistan 3 Metallic mineral deposits in Balochistan 4 District-wise distribution of metallic minerals 5 6 CHROMITE 7 Lead – zink 8 Coal fields 9 10 DISTRICT ESTIMATED INVESTMENT RESERVES OPPORTUNITIES/PR OJECTS CHROMITE Killa Saifullah Huge deposits , i. Beneficiation Plant (Value Pihsin yet to be Addition) Kharan quantified. i. Ferro Chrome Plant Khuzdar Chagai IRON ORE District Chagai 300 Million Tons i. Beneficiation Plant (Value (Pachinkoh, Chigen Addition) Dik and Chilgazi) ii. Establishment of Mini Steel Mastung (Dilaband) Mills in Mastung , Chagai District BARIUM Khuzdar 30 million tones i. Barium Chemical Plants at Lasbela Khuzdar & Lasbella ii. Huge deposits available for mining of Barium . 11 DISTRICT ESTIMATED INVESTMENT RESERVES OPPORTUNITIES/PROJEC TS COPPER/GOLD Chagai District i. 450 (Saindak) Million i. Metal Refinery Tons ii. Joint venture in exploration / ii. 5.87 Billion tons in exploitation (Reko-Diq) iii. Smelters COAL Quetta (Sorrang and 217 Million Tons i.Coal Fired Plants Degari ) ii. Briquette Plant (Smokeless Ziarat(Pir Ismail Coal), Shahraq ) iii. Coal Washing Plants for Value Hernai Addition) Loralai (Duki, Chamalang) LEAD – ZINC Lasbela 27 Million Tons i. Mining projects Khuzdar ii. Cutting and Polishing Plants 12 DISTRICT ESTIMATED INVESTMENT RESERVES OPPORTUNITIES/PROJEC TS LIME STONE Khuzdar District Billions of tons Cement Manufacturing Plants Lasbela (Loralai, Sibi, Kalat, Khuzdar) Kalat Chagai Quetta Killa Saifullah MAGNESITE Q.Saifullah 30 Million Tons Mangesite mining Khuzdar Lasbella MANGANESE Khuzdar Not quantified but Mangnese up-gradation plant Lasbela reportedly in- Washuk exhaustable. Chagai Kharan Killa Saifullah 13 14 15 16 17 .
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