Azerbaijan, Baku / corr Trend E.Huseynli / The geologal exploration carried out lately in the zone of Vandam of the Great Caucasus in the territory of Bujag revealed the existence of 500,000 tons of nickel, 800,000 tons of silver, over 40,000 tons of cobalt, the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources said.
According to forecasts, the Goygol field in the area of Tullallar possesses 64.5 gold reserves and 309.2 tons of silver reserves.
The exploration and appraisal work revealed 17 fields, as well as reserves of gold, quartz, dolomite, kaolin, construction and facing stone. Moreover, high quality zeolite was discovered in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan as a result of exploration.