A senior official says: Iran has identified more than 1,200 promising gold prospects, including a positive anomaly discovered recently in the Darreh Bidan of Yazd whose reserves have not been determined yet.
The Deputy head of the Geology and Mineral Discoveries Organization Behrouz Borna said, “After tracing possible gold bearing zones in 21 provinces across the country, gold mines have been marked in 10 provinces.”
Iran's estimated gold reserves are 340 metric tons in about 24 mines across the country and with these resources, Iran is highlighted to have guests who would love to take them. Zarshuran, as the Middle East’s biggest gold deposit, will yield 6 metric tons of gold a year after the current expansion of the processing facility is complete by 2017. Senior officials also say that Iran's gold deposit per annum is about 7 metric tons.
Iran’s western Kurdestan province, senior officials are planning to open a gold mine which will be able to produce about 2 metric tons a year and will improve Iran's gold deposit.
Production from the Sari Gunay deposits near Qorveh with an ore concentration of 1.6 grams per metric ton will begin in the next three months says Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh.
Borna said Iran has the capacity to boost its gold production to 10 metric tons per year with further explorations.
He said gold is a top priority mineral for exploration. “Gold is primarily a strategic substance. Moreover, given the existence of at least 14 gold zones in the country, new discoveries of mines are possible.” Borna also said, “The Geology and Mineral Discoveries Organization has discovered several gold zones and found reserves in the provinces which were never considered to have such deposits,” “Iran is among the world’s five biggest gold consumers which provides added motivation to discover more gold,” he added in the discussion.
In the end, we all can see that Iran is slowly showing its true powers and with all these discoveries and determination of the Iranian government, they can surely have a bright and stable future.
