PMDC inherited a well established Mineral Wing at the time of its beginning. Late in seventies and throughout eighties there was a hectic work in mineral exploration. During this period PMDC carried out about two dozen exploration schemes on a variety of industrial minerals. It has equally rendered consultation services to cement industry and a host of small private investors. Being a federal agency it collaborates international agencies as a joint venture partner to explore mineral wealth of the country.
Some of the important mineral exploration schemes are given hereunder as:
NWFP
-
Malakand Chromite Project
- Dir-Swat
Talc & Fluorite Project
- Abrasive
Minerals
- Lapidary
Development Project
Balochistan
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Duddar Zinc/ Lead Project
- Koh-I-Sultan
Sulphur Project
- Good
Hope Area Coal Exploration
Sindh
-
Lakhra Coal Exploration & Development Project
- Nagar
Parker China Clay
Punjab
-
Exploration of New Salt Areas, Salt Range
- Salt
Solution Mining Project, Dulmial
- D.
G. Khan Iron Ore Project
- Khushab
Bauxite Project
Azad
Kashmir
-
Mohriwali Graphite Exploration Project
Northern
Areas
- Indus
Sand Gold Project
- Hunza
Ruby Project
- Gold
and Base Base metal Geochemical Exploration, Northern Areas.
Joint Ventures
- PMDC has a joint venture with Sarhad Development Authority of the NWF Provincial Government to exploit Rock Salt resources at Nari Poono, Distt. Kohat with its stake as 49%.
- PMDC is a major stake holder (50%) in Lakhra Coal Development Company (LCDC) with Government of Sindh (25%) and WAPDA (25%).
- PMDC has signed an MoU with Metallurgical Construction Corporation of China (MCC) to develop Duddar Lead/ Zinc Project.
-
Exploration & Development if Soapstone in Kurram Agency, FATA.
(PMDC's share is 30%)
-
Exploration & Development of coal deposits in Kurram/Orakzai
Agencies in FATA.(PMDC's share is 51%)
Projects
Sponsored by FATA Development Authority and being executed by PMDC:
- Exploration
& Resource estimation for Coal Sherani Area, F.K.D.I Khan.
-
Exploration and Development of Copper in North Waziristan.
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