"Mehdi Karbasiyan added: ""With discoveries, the total amount of rare earths reserves has risen from 300,000 to 1,200,000 tons, which can be used in advanced industries, including airplanes.""
He added: ""Based on the findings, by the end of the year 96, about 500 million tons of iron ore reserves and 450 million tons of coal reserves have been added to the country.
Managing director of the Iranian Mining and Mining Industries Development Company said that 50 tons of gold reserves were added to the country, 30 of which are related to Zarshuran gold and 20 tons in the provinces of Sistan, South Khorasan, Kurdistan and West Azarbaijan.
He also explored the exploration of new copper, chromite and other mineral deposits, adding that mineral exploration will continue and news on it will be announced."

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