{"id":6762,"date":"2026-06-02T05:30:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T05:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytimes.net.pk\/?p=6762"},"modified":"2026-06-02T05:30:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T05:30:51","slug":"rs-950m-minerals-project-to-be-launched-in-gb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytimes.net.pk\/?p=6762","title":{"rendered":"Rs 950m minerals project to be launched in GB"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>ISLAMABAD, Jun 02 (<a href=\"https:\/\/abc.net.pk\/pakistan-launches-rs950m-gb-project-to-tap-rare-earth-minerals\/\">ABC<\/a>): The government will launch a Rs949.96 million project for the exploration, beneficiation, and extraction of precious metals and critical minerals in Gilgit-Baltistan.<\/div>\n<div>According to documents available with Wealth Pakistan, the two-year (2026-2028) project will be executed by the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) under the Ministry of Science and Technology, with all activities based at PCSIR Labs, Skardu.<\/div>\n<div>The initiative focuses on resource investigation, geological studies, modernization of extraction and processing techniques, and innovation in energy storage materials linked with rare earth minerals.<\/div>\n<div>The project is expected to go a long way toward opening new avenues for Pakistan\u2019s mineral sector and reducing dependence on imported materials.<\/div>\n<div>According to the document, advanced technologies including ICP-MS analysis systems, beneficiation plants, and grinding mills, will be utilized for the identification and processing of critical minerals.<\/div>\n<div>The project is expected to provide multiple economic and industrial benefits, including indigenization, value addition, enhanced exploration capacity, and import substitution.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Jun 02 (ABC): The government will launch a Rs949.96 million project for the exploration, beneficiation, and extraction of precious metals and critical minerals in Gilgit-Baltistan. According to documents available with Wealth Pakistan, the two-year (2026-2028) project will be executed by the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) under the Ministry of Science [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1161],"class_list":["post-6762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-rs-950m-minerals-project-to-be-launched-in-gb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytimes.net.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytimes.net.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytimes.net.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytimes.net.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytimes.net.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6762"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailytimes.net.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6764,"href":"https:\/\/dailytimes.net.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6762\/revisions\/6764"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytimes.net.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytimes.net.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytimes.net.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytimes.net.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}