Tajikistan has rich deposits of gold, silver, and antimony. The largest silver deposits are in Sughd Province, where Tajikistan's largest gold mining operation is also located. Russia's Norilsk nickel company has explored a large new silver deposit at Bolshoy Kanimansur. More than 400 mineral deposits of some 70 different minerals have been discovered in Tajikistan, including strontium, tungsten, molybdenum, bismuth, salt, lead, zinc, fluorspar, and mercury.[1][2] These minerals have been found suitable for mining.[3] Uranium, an important mineral in the Soviet era, remains in some quantity but is no longer being extracted. The Tajikistan Aluminium Company (TALCO), an aluminium smelter, is the country's only large-scale production enterprise in the mining sector.[2] Tajikistan hosts the annual Mining World Tajikistan, an international exhibition on mining in Dushanbe.
- ^ "Mining in Tajikistan". Mbendi Information Services. Archived from the original on 28 February 2001. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
- ^ a b Interior Department (COR) (14 March 2011). Minerals Yearbook 2008: Area Reports, International, Europe and Central Eurasia. Government Printing Office. p. 4. ISBN 978-1-4113-2966-9. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
- ^ "The Mineral Industry of Tajikistan". United States Geological Survey (USGS). Retrieved 19 April 2011.