Reko Diq Mine

The Reko Diq Mine is a planned mining operation, located near Reko Diq town in Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan. Reko Diq represents one of the largest copper and gold reserves in the world having estimated reserves of 5.9 billion tonnes of ore grading 0.41% copper and gold reserves amounting to 41.5 million oz, and a mining life of at least 40 years. As per a 2025 formal feasibility study, based on prevailing market prices of approximately US$3,016 per ounce for gold and US$9,815 per tonne for copper, an official estimated that the total value of the projected yield would exceed US$60 billion, comprising around US$54 billion in gold and US$6 billion in copper. The Reko Diq area is part of the Tethyan Magmatic Arc, extending through central and southeast Europe (Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece) Turkey, Iran and Pakistan through the Himalayan region into Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It contains wealth of large copper-gold ore deposits of varying grades. The eastern and central sections of the belt are well recognized hosting world class mineralization such as Grasberg mine, Batu Hijau in Indonesia, Ok Tedi Mine in Papua New Guinea and Sar Cheshmeh in Iran. Whereas in the eastern Europe it hosts world class porphyry/epithermal cluster of Bor, Majdanpek in Serbia and more recent developments include Skouries and Olympias Greece, and Çöpler in Turkey

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