The mining industry accounts for 9.5% of Kyrgyzstan’s GDP, Arkady Rogalsky, a World Bank data consultant, has said. He noted that 41.2% of investment went to the mining sector, which accounted for 56.5% of the country’s industrial output. According to Rogalsky, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Kyrgyzstan dates back to 2004, based on…
Antimony reserves at the North Aktash deposit totaled 16,758 tons at the beginning of 2025, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Subsoil Use Alisher Kurmanaliev announced at the “Dialogue on the Extractive Industry: Investment, Transparency, Development” forum. According to him, the North Aktash deposit is located 3-4 kilometers from Kadamzhay in the Batken region. In…
Kyrgyzstan produces over 20,000 tons of gold annually, according to Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Subsoil Use Alisher Kurmanaliev. According to him, gold is the main driver of the country’s mining industry. In Kyrgyzstan, 14 mining companies are developing nine primary gold deposits: Kumtor, Makmal, Solton-Sary, Jerooy, Terekkan, Ishtamberdy, Jamgyr, Karakazyk, and Taldy-Bulak Levoberezhny.…