Resources Exploration:
Mining:
Pakistan has excellent mineral potential including precious metals, dimension stones, industrial minerals, rock salt, coal, etc. but the potential has not been developed commensurately. This mismatch exists primarily due to capital intensive nature of investment. The mining and quarrying sector grew by 7.6% in 2012-13 as against 4.6% for the year before. To date, over 1,400 mining concessions have been granted and the sector contributes 2.4$ to GNP.
a) Non-Metallic Mining:
Pakistan has extensive mineral resources which includes non-metallic minerals. These include fairly sizable reserves of limestone, rock salt, and marbles, tiles, sulfur and silica sand. CAS specializes in the mining of non-metallic minerals such as coal. Even with the instability surrounding Pakistan, CAS has the expertise and political inroads to provide our clients with a complete landscape for mining which includes; geographic research, mining strategy, mine planning etc. Not only this, CAS is also involved in providing downstream strategies, pricing strategy, and logistical support and distribution channels to its clients.
b) Metallic Mining:
Pakistan has metallic minerals in abundance with Balochistan being the prime area for investment in this sector. Baluchistan sits in the Regional Oil, Gas, and Mining belt; sandwiched between Iran and Central Asian Republics (CARs) (Afghanistan upward); Caspian Sea on the North & Arabian Sea (Gwader Port) in the South. The area provides easy transport and access to both CARs and Gwadar Port. Reko Diq and Saindak have proven to be huge reserves with a lot more potential in the province. Given these opportunities, CAS is involved in the mining of copper/gold and iron ore. Using its expertise and access to Baluchistan provincial government, CAS provides complete landscaping of the area to its clients, which includes site research, mine planning and mining strategy, making our clients achieve their goals.
