BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 4
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
There are 31 promising places that have been identified in the Yazd Province (central Iran) in connection with mining exploration, Deputy Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade of Iran and Head of Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO), Vajihollah Jafari said, Trend reports citing the organization’s website.
Jafari noted that the exploration operations are underway in an area of 28,000 square kilometers in Iran's Yazd Province.
The head added that licenses have been issued to conduct exploration operations at 14 places in Yazd Province over the past six months. Discussions are underway to conduct exploration operations elsewhere.
"An appeal was made to the Environmental Protection Organization of Iran on the issuance of permits for exploration of 19c and 20d mines," he said.
The deputy minister emphasized that the activities of 200 small mines in Iran are to be restored in the current Iranian year (from March 21, 2021, through March 20, 2022). Five of these mines are in Yazd Province.
Reportedly, the activities of 253 small and medium-sized mines were restored in Iran over the last Iranian year (from March 20, 2020, through March 20, 2021). A total of 2.62 trillion rials (about $62.5 million) was spent on these mines.