Afghanistan/Pakistan
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Afghanistan could become the “Saudi Arabia of Lithium”
Besides for having an abundance of Lithium... an abundance of Iron and Copper deposits could make Afghanistan one of World's Top Producers
Monday, June 14, 2010
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* NYTimes.com brings us the following news today and it starts off like this... The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself, according to senior American government officials... The previously unknown deposits - including huge veins of iron, copper, cobalt, gold and critical industrial metals like lithium - are so big and include so many minerals that are essential to modern industry that Afghanistan could eventually be transformed into one of the most important mining centers in the world, the United States officials believe...
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U.S. Identifies Vast Mineral Riches in Afghanistan
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* ABC News has the following take and it starts off like this... United States officials say a survey has uncovered at least $US 1 trillion in mineral deposits in Afghanistan, but there are doubts as to how the war-torn and graft-prone country can manage the windfall...
Read the full report at link below...
Afghanistan hits $1 trillion mineral motherlode
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Afghan Mineral Find May Be Worth $1 Trillion
About this video: U.S. geologists have discovered vast mineral wealth in Afghanistan, possibly amounting to $1 trillion, President Hamid Karzai's spokesman said Monday.
This video posted on YouTube by AssociatedPress
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AubreyJ.........
- On Ground Updates -
Afghanistan could become the “Saudi Arabia of Lithium”
Besides for having an abundance of Lithium... an abundance of Iron and Copper deposits could make Afghanistan one of World's Top Producers
Monday, June 14, 2010
.
* NYTimes.com brings us the following news today and it starts off like this... The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself, according to senior American government officials... The previously unknown deposits - including huge veins of iron, copper, cobalt, gold and critical industrial metals like lithium - are so big and include so many minerals that are essential to modern industry that Afghanistan could eventually be transformed into one of the most important mining centers in the world, the United States officials believe...
Read the rest at link below...
U.S. Identifies Vast Mineral Riches in Afghanistan
.
* ABC News has the following take and it starts off like this... United States officials say a survey has uncovered at least $US 1 trillion in mineral deposits in Afghanistan, but there are doubts as to how the war-torn and graft-prone country can manage the windfall...
Read the full report at link below...
Afghanistan hits $1 trillion mineral motherlode
.
.................................................
.
Afghan Mineral Find May Be Worth $1 Trillion
About this video: U.S. geologists have discovered vast mineral wealth in Afghanistan, possibly amounting to $1 trillion, President Hamid Karzai's spokesman said Monday.
This video posted on YouTube by AssociatedPress
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AubreyJ.........
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