Tajikistan plans to increase annual production of gold to 17 tons beginning on 2022, according to the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies (MoINT).
Last year, Tajikistan produced about 4,200 kilograms of gold, which was nearly 32 percent more than in 2014. In 2014, Tajikistan produced about 3,200 kilograms of gold.
An official source at a MoINT says there are favorable investment conditions in Tajikistan for increase of the gold production.
“Tajikistan could increase production of gold through implementation of large projects at Taror, Chore, Pakrut and other gold deposits,” he said, noting that Tajikistan has 137 deposits with estimated reserves of industrial gold and 127 deposits of non-industrial gold.
According to some sources, Tajikistan’s 28 known gold deposits contain an estimated 429.3 tons of gold. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the largest amount of gold was produced in Tajikistan in 2015 – about 4,200 kilograms.
Four large gold mining companies now operate in Tajikistan: Tilloi Tojik; Tajik-Chinese JV Zeravshan Gold Company; Tajik-Canadian JV Aprelevka; and China Nonferrous Gold Limited, which is the first foreign company to obtain 100% ownership of a mining and exploration project in Tajikistan. Besides, a number of local enterprises such as Odina, Nazira, Ganj, Barakat and Istiqlol are engaged in gold production in the country. Most of gold comes from the Jilau deposit operated by Tajik-Chinese joint venture, Zeravshan Gold Company.
