Tajikistan - Another hidden GEM š26 Sep 2025 13:05
We still await an update, on current Gold/other revenues from operations in Tajikistan, likewise the MOU to assist the Tajik Government expand its mining industry...........
Vast previous RNA update on Tajikistan........
The Company also notes that, at the event, it signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Tajikistan (the "Ministry") (the "MoU"). The purpose of the MoU is to provide a framework of cooperation and facilitate collaboration between the two parties in respect of identifying new exploration and exploitation targets for non-ferrous and strategic mineral deposits for exploitation from historical databases, as well as identifying new exploration targets from greenfield areas, and work jointly towards developing a "Tajik Mineral Investment Fund' for the purpose of developing Tajikistan's mining industry.
Lots of media articles since, on the race for Tajikistan rare earths, Antimony now also being chased, led by China, this from Tuesdays press.....
Antimony
It is just one of the metals and rare earths that have triggered a rush of interest in mineral deposits across Central Asia, from the mountains of Kyrgyzstan to the deserts of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
China -- which operates the Saritag mine jointly with a Tajik enterprise -- is dominant in the sector but Russia, the European Union, the United States and the Gulf are all scrambling to secure a share.
"There are many antimony deposits in Tajikistan," said Murad Dzhumazoda, deputy director of Talco Gold, which produces 10 percent of global supply.
According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), China represents nearly half of the world's antimony production, followed by Tajikistan with a quarter -- around 21,000 tonnes
Here's hoping , AP , Mr Fumble Fingers, always in many pie's, is getting some of this, new hotspot postcode action for Vast/MOU..... š