Afghanistan: China in Talks With Kabul to Access Lithium, Copper Mines, SIGAR

KABUL, 01 March 2022, (TON): The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction said that Chinese companies have been scouting ways to access Afghanistan’s lithium and copper mines.

In a series of tweets, SIGAR claimed that representatives from China industry have met with the Islamic Emirate’s officials to discuss mining rights and research access to such minerals.

According to SIGAR’s tweet “Afghanistan’s lithium deposits could be among the largest in the world, rivaling those of Bolivia.”

At the same time, Afghan officials at the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum said no plans are on the table to extract the lithium mines, adding the plan regarding the mine is to protect it.

Officials further said that China will start extraction from the copper mine in the spring of the coming year.

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