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The President, Balochistan Economic Forum, Sardar Shoukat Popalzai has declared that recently the Balochistan Economic Forum has collaboratively originate an important concept along with a renowned company Deep Rock Drilling (Private) Limited (DRD) on 'Downstream Mineral Stockpile & up gradation Facility for Gwadar: New Dimension to Balochistan Prosperity', an important project with prospects for employment opportunities and socio-economic development.

The DRD has played an important role in Thar Coal exploration. Having explored 7 Blocks of Thar Coalfield out of a total of 12, cumulative area of 680 square kms. The company has sufficient professional knowledge and resources to cater various mineral related activities.

Balochistan Economic Forum is known as a great supporter of small miners and mining activities in the province, therefore, to bring prosperity for the people of Balochistan, creating economic activity around mining location thus create more jobs and opportunity to evolve local new businesses the forum extended the cooperation to DRD and recommended to the government of Balochistan through Chief Minister for the necessary cooperation and support.

The President, Balochistan Economic Forum, Sardar Shoukat Popalzai has advised the provincial government to give due consideration on fast track for collaborative activity and make public private partnership to promote upstream mining activities and safeguard mid-stream activities, he further said that presently there is strong competition of mineral sector in the three province of Pakistan and any delays in entertaining such offer could change the heart of offering company and could end up in shifting to another province.-PR

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