DUSHANBE, March 11, 2009, Asia-Plus — The State Committee for Investments and State-owned Property Management (GosComInvest) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, will launch a consultative infrastructure project, Big Koni Mansour, on March 12, Asia-Plus has learned at GosComInvest.
The government has invited IFC to act as leading consultant for selection of private investor that will be granted a license for additional exploration and further development of this silver deposit. This agreement will be an important stage in attraction of foreign investors to work in Tajikistan, the source said.
We will recall that the world”s top nickel producer, Russia’s Norislk Nickel, in November 2006 showed interested in developing Tajikistan”s Big Koni Mansour, which is in a category of unique and big world-class assets.
Big Koni Mansour in Sughd’s Asht district is estimated to contain around 1 billion tons of ore. According to specialists, one ton of the deposit”s ore contained around 49 grams of silver, with 0.38 percent zinc and 0.49 percent lead.
