MINERAL RAW MATERIAL BASE OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN AND ITS DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES 2013
GOSCOMGEOLOGY On February 12, 1991 by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No UP- 142 formed the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Geology and Mineral Resources (Goscomgeology) Scientific- Technical Council State Enterprises/ Field Expeditions (12) Scientificproduction Center for hydrogeology and hazards (2) Central Administration Scientific Research Institutes (2) Geological Information Centre (1) Board Laboratories (2) On September 23, 1994 by Oliy Majlis (Parliament) of the Republic of Uzbekistan approved the Law On subsoil, and on December 13 2002 there approved its new redaction.
Functions of Goscomgeology: Realization of governmental policy in the field of geological studies, use and protection of subsoil, expansion of mineral base and providing of governmental management over geology and mining as a whole. Qualitative forecast of geological exploration works, that provides effective performance of survey, estimation and exploration of the deposits of hydromineral resources, hard minerals, ferrous and rare metals, rare earth elements and others. Goscomgeology provides complex and high quality geological information for the expansion of mineral-raw material base of Uzbekistan.
During independence years, the Republic of Uzbekistan has significantly increased its position at the world market of mineral resources in many directions. In general, the present status of the mineral base for strategic types of the metallic minerals, oil and gas, mineral fertilizers, ground water, construction materials is estimated as satisfactory.
LOCATION OF MAIN GOLD DEPOSITS OF UZBEKISTAN The basis for gold reserves are the deposits located in Kyzylkum, Samarkand and Near Tashkent geological- economical regions
18. FRANCE World uranium production record in 2012 2011 (ton, by uranium content) 17. PAKISTAN 16. ROMANIA 15. BRAZIL 14. CZECH REPUB 13. INDIA 12. SOUTH AFRICA 11. MALAWI 10. CHINA 9. UKRAINA 8. USA 7. UZBEKISTAN 6. RUSSIA 5. NIGERIA 4. NAMIBIA 3. AUSTRALIA 2. CANADA 1. KAZAKHSTAN 0 5000 10000 15000 20000 Central Kyzylkum uranium-bearing province 15.MONGOLIA 14.CHINA 13.INDIA 12.UZBEKISTAN 11.JORDAN 10.UKRAINE 9.NIGER 8.NAMIBIA 7.BRAZIL 6.USA 5.CANADA 4.SOUTH AFRICA 3.RUSSIA 2.KAZAKHSTAN 1.AUSTRALIA Known Recoverable resources of uranium 2012 (ton) 0 200000 400000 600000 800000 1000000 1200000 1400000
Location Scheme of areas potential for revealing new types of uranium mineralization in Uzbekistan 1.«Unconformity type» in fundamental rocks 2. «Volcano-plutonic type» 3. «Epigenetic type». Areal and linear crusts 4. «Barrier zone at the boundary of basement and mantle» type 5. «Karst-brecciated tubes and deposits» type 6. «Near-surface (bony-detrital)» type 7. Placer deposit 8. Oil shale
Exploration of perspective areas with the purpose of revealing Rare metal deposits About 40 rare-metal objects (niobium, tantalum, beryllium, lithium, rubidium, caesium) located within the Main Tien Shan allocated rare-metal belt which has significant potential for carrying out exploration and discovery of new deposits.
SCHEME disposition of oil shale basins in the Republic of Uzbekistan Sangruntau Baisun Oil shales are widely spread within Central Asian countries on the area more than 100 ths. km2. In Uzbekistan oil shales resources are estimated up to depth 600 m and in amount - 47 bln. t.
Principle scheme of chemical processing of oil shales Everyday gas Gaseous petrol Sulfur Gas Pitch Petrol Medicine Bitumen Oxide ethylene Polystyrene Dissolve gents SAM Shale Concentrates of metals Ash Cement Brick
Proposed deposits Conference participants Applied for licenses Issued licenses Investment Activity In order to promote investment to expand the mineral resources base of Uzbekistan on September 6, 2012 the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers #263 has been adopted, which contributed to the intensive development of new investment proposals. Also, investment proposals are being provided within the framework of annual international conference "Investment potential of solid minerals in Uzbekistan - UZGEOINVEST." Moreover, a number of Governmental Resolutions been adopted on the implementation of investment projects. Investment activity
Investment directions and volumes 1. Completing investment projects (2008 to 2012): Over the directions - Si, U, W about 12.5 mln. dollars. 2. For projects under implementation Over the directions - Si, U, W, Cu, RE, REE about 14 mln. dollars. 3. Further perspectives over ongoing and planned projects in near future about 210 mln. dollars. Collaboration provided with - Rio Tinto (UK), JOGMEC (Japan), CGNPC (China), Shindong Enercom, NeoPlant, Shindong Resources, KORES (Korea). 5 mln. 20 млн. 20 mln. 20 млн. 10 mln. 20 млн. 20 млн. 20 млн. 210 mln 210 mln 20 млн. 150 mln. 10 mln. 15 mln. 20 млн. 150 mln. Silicon (quartz) Copper «Black-shale type» uranium «Sandstone type» uranium Tungsten Rare metals
Investment directions and volumes mln.usd Silicon (quartz) 1. Zargar area 2. Tulakul area «Black-shale type» uranium 3. Boztau area 4. Rudnoe deposit Tungsten 5. Sautbay deposit «Sandstone type» uranium 6. Tamdikuduk-Tulyantash 7. Djuzkuduk area Rare metals 8. Chatkalo-Kurama rare metal zone Copper 9. Gava аrea
Ongoing cooperation over the investment projects With British-Australian company Rio Tinto on the basis of LLC Gava Exploration Operator for copper. Purpose carrying out exploration works on Gava area, perspective for revealing copper deposits and accompanying metals. Since 2013 initial stage of field works for amount of more than 1 mln.usd was started. Field works are performed with modern technologies, equipment and high-precision exploration methods. Results of works already show perspective of the area and initiation of the next stage (drilling works) is planned from 2014.
New big-scale perspective projects For information: State balance of mineral reserves accounted for 865 of deposits, including: 89 - Precious Metals, 33 Radioactive elements, 11 - non-ferrous and rare, 3 - ferrous, 3 - coal, 55 the mountain, 26 - Mining and Chemical, 30 - gems 615 - construction materials. Large and new investment projects in geological exploration with a subsequent production of competitive and export-oriented production with the use of modern technologies: Project - development of Tebinbulak titanium-magnetite iron ore-bearing deposit followed by complex development of the metallurgical (steelmaking) industry and arrangement of associated productions (ferrosilicon, silicomanganese and others). Cost about 3 3,5 bln. USD. Project - development of oil-shale deposits in Uzbekistan (Sangruntau, Aktau, Baysun) with extraction of hydrocarbons and metals from them. Cost - about 0,8-1,0 bln.usd.
New big-scale perspective projects Project performing geological exploration and development of "black shale" type uranium deposits (Djantuar, Rudnoe, Koscheck) with the development of technology of separate extraction of uranium and vanadium. Cost about 100-120 mln. USD. Project - development of tungsten deposits (Sautbay, Yakhton and others) and further processing of tungsten concentrate. Benefits project implementation shall allow getting into the world top-five of tungsten concentrate manufacturers. Cost about 150 mln. USD.
New big-scale perspective projects Project - identification of high-quality quartz deposits (more than 98% SiO 2 ) and production of high-quality, competitive metal silicon. Cost - about 50 mln. USD. Project - maintenance of the production of poly- and mono silicon with estimated costs of approximately 500-700 mln. USD, and microelectronics and PV elements, Cost - about 1 bln. USD. Active promotion of these directions and implementation of new projects shall allow increase of mineral base of Uzbekistan by attracting direct foreign investments, developing of the identified deposits followed by maintenance of productions on their processing and gaining appropriate mutual benefit both for the country and for potential investors.
Uzbekistan possesses present-day mining and processing industries as well as developed infrastructure. Complexity of many deposits and opportunity of extraction of associated components considerably increase their value, and favorable conditions of investment are the reliable basis for wide attraction of the direct foreign and inner investments.
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