Forecasted resource deposits reach more than 3.5 billion tons in Uzbekistan

Some 233 mining enterprises produce a wide variety of commodities in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan has the third largest manganese reserves in the world

Mining activities are currently being carried out at 2,000 mines in Kazakhstan

The Industrialization Map of Kazakhstan includes 61 mining and smelting industry projects with 10.0 billion USD investment potential

Kazakhstan's mining industry, currently in excess of 25 billion USD, is likely to be worth 29.5 billion USD in 2017, with growth led by the production of coal, gold and copper

In 2013, gold production in Kazakhstan has increased by 6.2% to 42.390 tons

One of Asia’s largest gold deposits with reserves estimated at 514t is the Kumtor mine in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan is the third largest gold producer in Former Soviet Union, after Russia and Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan is the 2nd largest gold producer in the Former Soviet Union

Over 400 deposits of mineral resources and ores have been found in Tajikistan

Turkmenistan had the world's third-largest reserves of sulfur

Kazakhstan has 30% of the global reserves of chrome ores (second place in the world)

Kazakhstan has the second largest uranium, chromium, lead, and zinc reserves in the world

Kazakhstan’s mineral and resources base consists of 5,004 fields with a net worth of trillion

Uzbekistan is one of the 10 leading countries in the world for deposits of gold, uranium, copper and rock and potassium salts