Identification of one hundred and seventy-seven promising mining areas in South Khorasan
Head of South Khorasan Industry, Mining and Trade Organization: In the field of exploration with a credit of ninety billion Tomans, an area of 50,000 square kilometers was covered by aerial geophysical studies, which led to the identification of one hundred and seventy-seven promising areas in this province.
According to the International Iranian Stone Exhibition, Davood Shahraki added: "South Khorasan, as one of the top five mining provinces, has significant mineral capacities and capabilities."
He said: "Part of these areas will be explored by Imidro, Iran Minerals Production and Production Company and the Geological Survey Organization, and part of them will be explored and exploited by transferring them to the private sector."
The head of the South Khorasan Industry, Mining and Trade Organization said: "One of the good things that happened in the field of mining infrastructure was the implementation of the project to supply electricity to the Shahkooh mines, which will be overhauled soon."
He stated: Tavanir Tamin Post Electricity Company and the Ministry of Silence have taken over the transmission line, which will provide one hundred and thirty billion tomans for this project.
"In the mining sector, our advice to people who have exploration areas is to complete exploration work according to the schedule, otherwise we will invalidate passive areas and create space for capable and active investors who can continue to work," Shahraki said. We provide a call.
He said: "Also, mines whose closure is unjustified will be disqualified from operation and will be handed over to the exploiters who are able to do so through a call."
The head of the South Khorasan Industry, Mining and Trade Organization added: "One of the supportive policies to help the municipality of the less developed parts of the province is to provide mineral areas to supply the raw materials needed for urban furniture such as sand and others to change development." Have districts and villages.
He said: "In this regard, we have targeted 20 mines to be exploited this year."
Shahraki continued: "Another program of the organization this year is the policy of supporting the villages near the mine, which was supplied from the revenues of the mines last year in the villages of Basiran, Qala-e-Zari and Avaz."
He added: "Despite the fact that supplying water to the villages is not the duty of Samat Organization, but in the field of mineral resources, this important matter will be taken into account."
The head of the South Khorasan Industry, Mining and Trade Organization stated: This year, five hundred million tomans have been allocated for this purpose, and at least three other villages will be supplied with water so that the villages near the mine can benefit from the mining activities.
He said: "We are trying to help supply mineral machinery this year so that miners can import without customs duties."
Forty-six types of minerals have been identified in South Khorasan, including coal, magnesite, decorative stones, industrial soils, iron ore, basalt, and marble.
In recent years, good measures have been taken in the field of the province's mining industry, including increasing the capacity of mineral reserves from eleven million tons to seventeen million tons.
Last year, 35.5 million tons of mineral reserves were discovered in the mining sector, which increased the province's total reserves to 3.7 billion tons.
* IRNA
