In 2024, Kazakhstan registered 22 deposits of rare earth metals, as reported by the business information center Kapital.kz, citing the press service of the Committee for Industry.
“Currently, more than 100 deposits of rare and rare earth metals have been identified in Kazakhstan. Against the backdrop of increasing demand from high-tech sectors of the economy and the geopolitical situation in the world, interest in the Kazakhstani rare metals and rare earth metals industry has significantly risen,” the agency stated.
According to the Committee, 56,180 electronic reports on the geological and geophysical study of the country are available on the EPN “minerals.gov.kz,” allowing interested parties to access the general part of the required report online and free of charge without physically visiting geological archives.
Based on the results of geological exploration activities for 2024, deposits containing mineral reserves and resources have been registered, including: gold, silver, copper, zinc, iron ores, lead, tungsten, chromium, molybdenum, and manganese.
“Since the beginning of the year, a state examination of reports on geological exploration results has been conducted. For the first time, 12 deposits of solid minerals, 4 deposits of hydrocarbon raw materials, and 6 deposits of groundwater have been registered,” the Committee informed.
It is specified that these include: Dyusembay Central, Vostochny Tastau, Pribrezhnoe, Yuzhnoe, Zhenishke, Baigora, Kostobe, Kazan-Chukur, Yuzhny Karau-Tobe, Udar, Kyzyltas-Kurchum, and Sarybulak.
For the first time, hydrocarbon raw material deposits have been registered: Karaturun Western, Koshkar, Northern Shinjir, Akkulovskoye Southern. Additionally, groundwater deposits such as Dolinnoe, Zhilandy, Bala-Urpek, Darbazinsky group water supply, Turgai Paleozoic, and Korolevskoye have been summarized by the Committee for Industry.