Afghanistan to Offer Four Copper, Gold Deposits for Tender
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Afghanistan said it’s seeking investors for four mineral deposits containing copper and gold, a week after Indian steel and mining companies announced plans to spend as much as $11 billion in the war-ravaged country.
The government is starting a tender process for deposits in the provinces of Badakhshan, Ghazni, Heart and Sar-I-Pul, and Balkh, according to a statement today. The Badakhshan gold site comprises four license areas of 250 square kilometers (62,000 acres) each, while the Zarkashan copper-gold project in Ghazni province hosts two licenses of 242 square kilometers each.