Friday, July 27, 2012
Afghans are sitting on lithium minerals valued billons
Kabul - sensational discovery: the U.S. has discovered in Afghanistan, a vast lithium mineral wealth. What does this mean for the Afghan people:
The U.S. has discovered in Afghanistan, an immense mineral wealth.
According to a report of "New York Times" on Monday, the Afghans sit on minerals in the value of a trillion dollars - far more than previously thought, and enough to change the economy of the country completely devastated.
An internal Pentagon paper will Afghanistan as the "Saudi Arabia of lithium" means. Besides the importance to give the computer and mobile phone industry is huge lithium reserves of iron, copper and gold, the newspaper quoted senior U.S. government officials continue.
This is Afghanistan
The mineral resources were discovered by a small team of Pentagon employees and geologists. Afghan President Hamid Karzai had recently been informed. The region responsible for the U.S. General David Petraeus said in an interview on the weekend of "breathtaking opportunity". With regard to the exploitation, there are still many question marks.