KARACHI: Pakistan has huge reserves of gold, silver, copper and other precious metals that can greatly improve the country’s economy if the public and private sectors make investment in these areas.
The development of underground reserves of various metals would also help provide maximum job opportunities to the local population. These views were expressed by Sindh Mines and Minerals Development Secretary Shams Soomro while addressing the first day of a three-day conference on Mining and Fuel Industries, organised at FUUAST.
The conference has been organised by Geology Department. Those who addressed the conference were chief organizer Professor Dr Waqar Hussain, Chairperson of Geology Seema Naz Siddiqui, Secretary Sohail Anjum, Pakistan Council for Science and Technology Chairman Dr Anwarul Hassan, Professor from Turkish university Dr Cem Sensogut.
On the occasion foreign experts from China, Turkey, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nigeria presented their research papers on the subject.
