The coal power generation would cost Pakistan PKR 5.

67 per unit while power generated by

independent power projects cost PKR 9.27. It requires just initial 420 billion rupees investment, where
as Pakistan receives annually 1220 billion from tax only.

Chinese & other companies had not only carried out surveys and feasibilities(possible) of this project but
also offered 100% investment in last 7 to 8 years but the “petroleum gang” always discouraged their in
a very systematic way.

But petroleum lobby is very strong in Pakistan and they are against any other means of power
generation except for the imported oil. This lobby is major beneficiary of the increasing oil bill that is
estimated above 15 billion dollar this year. Every government is planning to sell all these reserves to a
company on a very low price.

When Pervez Musharraf was president he gave green signal to involve bark open Pakistan coal reserves
are estimated at 175 billion tons equals to 618 billion barrels.

If all the oil reserves of Saudi Arabia and Iran put together. These are approximately 375 billion barrels,
but a single Thar Coal Reserves of Sindh is about 850 trillion cubic feet (TCF) which is more Thar Oil
Reserves of Saudi Arabia and Iran.

These reserves estimated at 850 TCF of gas, about 30 times longer than Pakistan’s proves gas reserves of
28 TCF.

Dr Murtaza Mughal President of Pakistan Economy said that these reserves of coal worth USD (United
State Dollar) 25 trillion can not only cater the electricity requirements of the country for next 100 years
but also save almost four billion dollars in staggering oil billion.

Just 2% usage of their coal can produce 20,000 mega watts of Electricity for next 40 years without any
single second coal shady, and if the whole reserve is utilized, than it could easily be imagined how much
Energy could be generated.

Formation of coal

Coal is called a fossil fuel because it was formed from the remains of
vegetation that grew as long as 400 million years ago. It is often referred to
as "buried sunshine," because the plants which formed coal captured energy
from the sun through photosynthesis to create the compounds that make up
plant tissues. The most important element in the plant material is carbon,
which gives coal most of its energy.

Most of our coal was formed about 300 million years ago, when much of the
earth was covered by steamy swamps. As plants and trees died, their
remains sank to the bottom of the swampy areas, accumulating layer upon
layer and eventually forming a soggy, dense material called peat.

Over long periods of time, the makeup of the earth's surface changed, and
seas and great rivers caused deposits of sand, clay and other mineral matter
to accumulate, burying the peat. Sandstone and other sedimentary rocks
were formed, and the pressure caused by their weight squeezed water from
the peat. Increasingly deeper burial and the heat associated with it gradually
changed the material to coal. Scientists estimate that from 3 to 7 feet of
compacted plant matter was required to form 1 foot of bituminous coal.

Coal formation is a continuing process (some of our newest coal is a mere 1

million years old). Today, in areas such as the Great Dismal Swamp of North
Carolina and Virginia, the Okefenokee Swamp of Georgia, and the
Everglades in Florida, plant life decays and subsides, eventually to be
covered by silts and sands and other matter. Perhaps millions of years from
now, those areas will contain large coal beds.

COAL RESERVES OF PAKSITAN

Musakhael Coal
Kingri sub-Tehsil of Musakhel District is located on borders of Punjab Province. Kingri area is
well known for its natural proven coal reserves. In early 1980s coal exploration started but due to
unavailability of proper road structure, the project was stopped. In President Musharaf's regime
the road problems from Fort Minro to Kingri was met with, and now the area is connected to the
rest of the country for business and travel. The area possesses two different seems, one comming
from Chamalang and other from Duki. The Hills having coal are hard and supportive to mining.
Fifty plus mines are now operating in the area to full fill the energy requirements of the country.
Aram in Kingri has excellent coal and charcoal reserves, available just at the depth of 30 feet.
The specifications of Kingri coal are as:

Contents Value
Moisture 3.67
Volatile Matter 38.05
Ash 5.1
Fixed Carbon 34.12
Total Sulfur 5.98
Calorific Value LB 13221

The United Musakhel Mining Company (Pvt) Limited offers to investors from within the country
and abroad to invest in coal mining to reduce energy crises in Pakistan. The company has 7100
Acers of coal mining area under its control, in Kingri District Musakhel.
175,000,000,000 Tonns of Coal reserves have been Found in Thar desert in Sindh Province

Pakistan.

According to Offical reports it can cover Pakistan's energy needs for Centuries to come.
The Value of these reserves are about 16 trillion US dollors , in order to expand it Intensive research
and exploration activities are already on the track in Kohlu , Chamalang Area.

Pakistan also have found huge amount Gold and Copper & silver reserves , only Sendak project has
an output of 16 Thousand Tonns
Of Gold , silver and Copper per annum.

In Baluchistan , Racudik mining site has been discovred with Vast Gold Silver and Copper reserves
the feasibility reports are being processed to estimate the total Ammount .
According to some reports it will produce 72000 tonns of Pure copper in the first year .

Pakistan also has discovered vast Iron reserves estimated 600 million tonns.

COAL RESERVES IN DIFFERENT PROVINCE OF PAKISTAN