Saindak ( ur, ), is a town in
Chagai Chagai may refer to:
* Chagai District, a district in Balochistan, Pakistan
* Chagai, Pakistan, the capital city of Chagai District
* Chagai Hills, a mountainous region in the district
*''Chagai-I'', the codename for Pakistan's first nuclear weapon ...
,
Balochistan
Balochistan ( ; bal, بلۏچستان; also romanised as Baluchistan and Baluchestan) is a historical region in Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastl ...
,
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
. Large deposits of
copper
Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu (from la, cuprum) and atomic number 29. It is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. A freshly exposed surface of pure copper has a pinkish ...
and
gold
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile ...
have been discovered in Saindak. The
Saindak Copper Gold Project
'' is located near Saindak town in Chagai District of Balochistan, Pakistan. The discovery of gold, copper & silver deposits at Saindak was made in the 1970s in collaboration with ahe Saindak Copper-Gold Project was set up by Saindak Metals Ltd, a ...
has caused economic prosperity in the town. Saindak is the regional headquarters of the
Pakistan Frontier Corps.
External links
Saindak Copper-Gold Project
Populated places in Chagai District
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