Explanation

The Thar coalfield is located in Thar Desert, Tharparkar District in Sindh.

The deposits 16th-largest coal reserves in the world, were discovered in 1991

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Explanation

The highest peak of salt range is Soan Sakaser

The Salt Range is a mountain range in the north of the Punjab province of Pakistan

The range extends along the south of the Potohar Plateau and the north of the Jhelum River.

The salt range is situated between rivers Soan and River Jhelum

Explanation

Overall, the Earth is about 1.59% aluminium by mass

Explanation

The Shaksgam Valley was ceded to China by Pakistan in 1963 when both countries signed a boundary agreement to settle their border differences.

The agreement laid the foundation of Karakoram highway which was built jointly by the Chinese and Pakistani engineers in 1970s.

Explanation

Sindh has 124 gas fields and accounts for 63pc. The biggest field of natural gas is in the Sui region of Balochistan accounting for 6pc.

Explanation

Khewra City is also known as "The Kingdom of Salt"

The Khewra Salt Mine (or Mayo Salt Mine) is in Khewra, north of Pind Dadan Khan, an administrative subdivision of Jhelum District, Punjab Region, Pakistan.

The Khewra salt mine was discovered by Alexander emperor in 326 BC 

Production

Products Rock salt

Production 3,50,000 MT

The financial year 2019–20

History

Opened 1872

Active 150 years

ND23-4-2023

Explanation

The Potwar plateau is an ancient region of petroleum production in Pakistan.

The plateau is the location of Pakistan’s major oil fields, the first of which were discovered at:

Khaur (1915) and Dhulian (1935)

the Tut field was discovered in 1968

and exploration continued in the area in the 1970s

Additional information:

Petroleum exploration in Pakistan began in the early 1860s during the British colonial period.

The first oil well was drilled in 1866 near Kundian, Punjab, by the Burmah Oil Company. 

Explanation

• Chromite from Zhob Valley, Quetta District, Balochistan Region, Pakistan.
• In Pakistan, Chromite was first discovered by Vredenburg (1901).
•  the subsequent mining began in 1903 in Khanozai, Zhob district.
• By 1915, the mining stretched to the Sra-Salawat area, 29 km south of Muslimbagh.
• At present, chromite is mined in Baluchistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
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• Balochistan has the most mineral deposits among the provinces of Pakistan, with Sindh rich in coal deposits and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa rich in gems. 

Explanation

The Neelam Valley is significant for gold exploration.

Ruby: Ruby deposits of Azad Kashmir are located in:

• Khandigali-Nangimali-Khora-Katha
• Chitta Ratta
• Naril Nala areas of Neelam valley

Explanation

NWFP

Uranium is also found in small amounts in most rocks and  seawater. Uranium mines operate in many countries, but more than 85% of uranium is produced in six countries: Kazakhstan, Canada, Australia, Namibia, Niger and Russia.