Azerbaijan, Baku, July 1 / Trend, A. Taghiyeva /
As of 2012, proven uranium reserves in Turkey amounted to 9,129 tons, Turkey's state body for mineral exploration said today.
According to the report, the gold reserves in Turkey hit 700 tons.
Alunite reserves in Turkey are estimated at 4 million tons, antimony - 203,000 tons, asphaltite - 82 million tons, asbestos - 29.6 million tons, copper - 1.7 million tons, barite - 35 million tons.
Turkey's revenues from the mining sector hit $16 million in 2012. The mining sector share in Turkey's GDP hit 1.49 percent as of 2012.