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• TITLE: Mineral Resources of Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Kashmir, Pakistan: An Update

  AUTHORS: Muhammad Sadiq Malkani

  KEYWORDS: Mineral Resources, Gilgit Baltistan, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Geology, Vol.10 No.6, June 28, 2020

  ABSTRACT: The Gilgit-Baltistan Province and Azad Kashmir regions are rich in mineral and natural resources. The gemstones, marbles and many other economic mineralizations are significant but these regions are relatively far from central and southern commercial areas of Pakistan. The gemstones of Gilgit-Baltistan Province are famous worldwide especially from Hunza and Skardu regions. The Azad Kashmir region also has a share of gemstone especially from the upper approaches of Neelam valley and marble, construction materials, coal, clays and other minerals found from different areas of Azad Kashmir. There is no common previous availability of comprehensive papers providing mineral data of Gilgit-Baltistan Province and Azad Kashmir regions. This report provides a quick view of mineral resources occurred in the Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir regions.