Kyrgyzstan: company to mine gold in Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum has signed a contract for over $20 million with companies from Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan to mine gold at the Qala-e-Zal deposit in Qala-e-Zal district of Kunduz Province. “The five-year contract was signed by the Minister of Mines and Petroleum, Hedayatullah Badri, in the presence of the Ambassadors of Azerbaijan…

Uzbekistan: gold exports suspended in Q1 2026

In the first quarter of 2026, Uzbekistan did not carry out any gold exports, according to data from the National Statistics Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The published figures showed that no shipments of the precious metal were made to external markets during January-March. In the same period of 2025, gold exports amounted to…