Kyrgyzstan issues most of all licenses for development of minerals

Most of all licenses were issued in Kyrgyzstan for development of mineral resources - 1,273. Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use Myrza Zhamanbaev told today at a press conference.
According to him, 917 licenses have been issued for mineral exploration, and 230 - for prospecting. In total, over the years of independence, 2,420 licenses have been issued in Kyrgyzstan, 470 of them - for gold, 106 - for metals, 327 - for coal, 1,045 - for non-metallic minerals.
In January - April 2019, the licensing commission of the State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use рфы considered 959 issues. Following the results, 173 licenses were suspended, 165 were canceled.