Gold & Base Metal Geochemical Exploration
PMDC carried out stream sediments based geochemical exploration as an executing agency in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. The Project was started in January 1992 implemented with the assistance of AusAID.
Geochemical sampling has covered about 50% of the total area. A total number of 4,208 stream sediment samples have been collected out of which 2,380 samples have been chemically analyzed for eight elements. By the end of December 2000 the Project has invested a total amount of Rs.64.216 million.
Chemical analysis of both panned concentrate and -80 mesh samples have yielded the following results
Element | No. of Anomalies |
Gold | 199 |
Silver | 131 |
Copper | 280 |
Lead | 293 |
Zinc | 483 |
Cobalt | 477 |
Nickel | 502 |
Bismuth | 119 |
Total | 2,484 |
Locality Name | Gold Values (ppm) |
Ranthak | 0.2 to 24.0 |
Golo Das | 0.1 to 1.2 |
Shigri Bala | 0.24 to 1.5 |
Muchlu | 0.15 to 0.24 |
Bagrot | 0.11 to 3.01 |
Ultra Refined Crystalline Salt (PVD Salt)
Ultra Refined crystalline salt is not produced in the country. There is a good market in the elite society both in Pakistan as well as in the nearby Middle East countries. Our Warcha Salt Mines are producing about 200,000 tons of rock salt annually. Resources are sufficient to double this production. Plant with 150,000 tons of PVD (Pure Vacuum Dried) salt is considered to be a good rationale target to meet the demand both inside and export purpose. Its possible investment is about US$40 million.
Smokeless Coal Briquetting Plant)
Total coal resources of the country stand about 186 billion tons largely located in Sindh. JICA carried out feasibility studies and suggested to install a 50,000 tons capacity plant at the initial stage later on up-graded into a 300,000 tons capacity plant. For the production of one ton of coal briquettes the following raw material will be used
Raw Material | Requirement ( ton) |
Lakhra coal | 1.250 |
Bagasse | 0.325 |
Slacked lime | 0.0625 |
Slacked wax | 00.006 |
Light fuel oil | 0.044 |
Fuel Lakhra coal | 0.373 |
Coal for Small Power Plants
With a vision of large population and need for high industrialization power requirement is inevitable. Oil and gas based power plants' production cost is rapidly increasing. Coal with known resources stands a good viable proposition in thermal power generation. PMDC is supplying coal to the WAPDA thermal power plant at Khanot. We offer our coal with the following average analysis as received basis
Moisture | 25% |
Ash | 19.3% |
Volatile matter | 28.8% |
Fixed carbon | 26.9% |
K.cal /kg | 1,720 |
Total sulphur | 5.95% |