MINERAL RESOURCES & INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY ABDUL MAJID

1 BALOCHISTAN PROVINCE & INVESTMENT ATTRACTIONS

 Balochistan makes 43% of land mass of

 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   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 , 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  (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

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