Pakistan hosts forum on minerals investment today

Pakistan anticipates the arrival of around 300 foreign delegates for the two-day Minerals Investment Forum 2025, where it plans to unveil a unified framework to promote mining and mineral investment opportunities across four provinces, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. Speaking at a news conference managed by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik said a number of memorandums of understanding (MoUs) and agreements for investments would be signed during the event to be also attended by senior government officials from China, the United States, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Azerbaijan. The US delegation would also include representatives from the State Department, Geological Survey and Exim Bank, while companies from Denmark, Finland, Kenya and the United Kingdom would also be participating, the minister said, adding that Pakistan would use the opportunity to showcase its potential in rare earth metals and precious minerals for promoting responsible and corporate mining.