Tungsten, gold and cobalt to be explored at a site in Aktobe region Geoland Minerals plans to explore the Borlinskoye-2 site in Aktobe Region, searching for gold, tungsten, copper and cobalt.
A company extracting copper from Konrat tailings is looking for new reserves in Kazakhstan UK's Central Asia Metals (CAML) is exploring several sites in Kazakhstan. It now extracts copper from old dumps at the Kounrad deposit in the Karaganda region, its main profit source.
Hong Kong investor to search for copper and molybdenum near Balkhash Kazakhstan's Georesource Asia, controlled by Hong Kong's Yaohua Group, is preparing copper and molybdenum exploration in the Karaganda region.
New field in Ustyurt does not yet solve Uzbekistan's gas problem Uzbekneftegaz discovered the Koratau gas-condensate field on the Ustyurt Plateau in Karakalpakstan.
KazMunayGas creates consortium with Shell, Chevron, Sinopec and CNOOC for oil exploration in the Caspian region Mature fields of KazMunayGas have already depleted almost 70% of their reserves.