The role of government in mineral exploration
In the first step, we must admit that we are weak in technical knowledge and sanctions are one of the important factors of this weakness, because sanctions deprive Iran of modern technology and it is necessary to use satellite facilities and modern technologies and institutions with new and wide technologies.
According to the International Iranian Stone Exhibition, in the discussion of mining exploration, the government has an important task and one of its important actions is to cooperate with the Geological Survey and Imidro as the country's development organization.
In mineral exploration, due to the high risk, the private investor organization does not enter this sector and the government must allocate a large budget in this field. Also, according to experts, it is necessary for the government to invest adequate capital in the mine insurance fund, and in this fund, priority should be given to supporting the private sector. For example, low-interest loans are provided to the private sector to support the ability to enter the field of exploration.
Today, it is clear that when the risk or mineral exploration phase is eliminated and the mining development areas and promising areas are defined, the government should leave the continuation of operations and activities to private companies; What was done in Imidro in previous years was that the 4, 5 and 6 Golhar mines, the Mahdiabad and Tabas mines were handed over to public and private companies for extraction and exploitation at a risky stage and their reserves were identified. The presence of a private company can only be in the exploration of small-scale mines, but in large mines the private sector is not able to do it, especially financially.
In addition, the impact of sanctions on mining activity cannot be easily ignored.
In the first step, we must admit that we are weak in technical knowledge and sanctions are one of the important factors of this weakness because sanctions deprive Iran of modern technology and it is necessary to use satellite facilities and modern technologies and institutions with new and wide technologies.
During the few years that we have been able to communicate with companies related to this field due to Borjam, we have realized that we have lagged behind not only in modern science but also in advanced equipment and there are no conditions for importing this equipment. Part of the solution to this problem lies with the country's policy, and we hope that sanctions will be removed or at least reduced during the measures, and the country will be able to benefit from modern science not only in mining and mining activities but also in all economic and industrial activities.
The development of exploration operations requires large investments in deep operations and deep mines, as well as mines that are not yet available to us. Iran is very rich in undiscovered mines, and in this sense, investment is not only useless, but also drives the country's economic cycle. My suggestion to the current managers of Imidro is that since the organization is currently in a good position in terms of mining, they should focus more on the activities of this organization in the discussion of exploring new mines. Also, spend all their time on exploration and extraction of deep mines and, while investing, carry out extensive and important activities to compensate for the backwardness of the development of exploration and mineral extraction in the country.
We are far behind in exploration and until 2015, most of the exploration was related to the actions formed in the last 80 years. Some of these discoveries were made by American and Russian companies before the revolution, and the rest were the work of the Geological Survey. In general, it can be said that the reason for the lack of mineral exploration in the last 40 years is the limited budgets of the relevant organizations. The Geological Survey, for example, has been underfunded over the years and has not received full support in the field of mineral exploration. This has led to the organization not being able to perform its duties well, despite the great interest of its specialists and experts in conducting explorations.
Mehdi Karbasian / Former Chairman of Imidro / Samat
