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United States Approximate Value of Mineral Wealth

Total value of United States mineral wealth (for all commodities where recent individual figures were found) is approximately $44,562,417.83 million.

Commodity Unit Reserves/ Resources Price $ (as at 30/09/2021) Value (US$ million)
Antimony (Sb content) Metric tonnes 60,000 8,774.39 526.463
Bauxite Million metric tonnes 20 27.00 540.000
Borate (boron) Metric tonnes 40,000,000 384.00 15,360.000
Anthracite/Black coal Million metric tonnes 219,534 168.75 37,046,362.500
Lignite/Brown coal Million metric tonnes 30,003 84.38 2,531,653.140
Chromium (gross weight i.e. ore) Metric tonnes 620,000 180.00 111.600
Cobalt (Co content) Metric tonnes 53,000 52,880.00 2,802.640
Copper (Cu content) Metric tonnes 48,000,000 9,215.00 442,320.000
Fluorspar Metric tonnes 4,000,000 240.00 960.000
Gold (Au content) Metric tonnes 3,000 55,543,636 166,630.907
Iron Ore Million metric tonnes 3,000 162.16 486,480.000
Lead (Pb content) Metric tonnes 5,000,000 2,160.00 10,800.000
Lithium (Li content) Metric tonnes 750,000 8,000.00 6,000.000
Mineral Sands:
Ilmenite Metric tonnes 1,000,000 210.00 210.000
Rutile Metric tonnes 1,000,000 1,200.00 1,200.000
Molybdenum (Mo content) Metric tonnes 2,700,000 41,711.41 112,620.807
Nickel (Ni content) Metric tonnes 100,000 18,555.00 1,855.500
Niobium (Nb content) Metric tonnes 170,000 24,000.00 4,080.000
PGE (Pt, Pd, Os, Ir, Ru, Rh) Metric tonnes 900 45,584,950 41,026.455
Potash (K₂O) Million metric tonnes 220 221.00 48,620.000
Rare Earths (REO content) Metric tonnes 1,500,000 21,664.60 32,496.900
Rhenium (Re content) Metric tonnes 400 1,000,000.00 400.000
Selenium (Se content) Metric tonnes 10,000 44,092.40 440.924
Silver (Ag content) Metric tonnes 26,000 695,099 18,072.580
Soda Ash Metric tonnes 23,000,000,000 154.00 3,542,000.000
Uranium (U content) Metric tonnes 47,900 101,632.98 4,868.220
Vanadium (V content) Metric tonnes 45,000 14,770.95 664.693
Vermiculite Metric tonnes 25,000,000 357.50 8,937.500
Zinc (Zn content) Metric tonnes 11,000,000 3,057.00 33,627.000
Zircon Metric tonnes 500,000 1,500.00 750.000
TOTAL 44,562,417.829

Notes/Assumptions:

  1. Reserve/resource information principally obtained from USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (where reserve figures specified/prices available) dated January 2021.
  2. Exceptions to the above are coal figures obtained from BP Statistical Review of World Energy dated June 2020. Uranium reserves taken from latest available World Nuclear Association report (as updated Sept. 2021).
  3. All price information where applicable latest available as of end Q3 2021 unless stated.
  4. Conversions: 2,204.62 lbs to a metric tonne and 32,150.75 troy ounces to a metric tonne.

Australia Approximate Value of Mineral Wealth

Total value of Australia mineral wealth (for all commodities where recent individual figures were found) is approximately $30,728,548.95 million.

Commodity Unit Reserves/ Resources Price $ (as at 30/09/2021) Value (US$ million)
Antimony (Sb content) Metric tonnes 140,000 8,774.39 1,228.415
Bauxite Million metric tonnes 5,100 27.00 137,700.000
Anthracite/Black coal (recoverable) Million metric tonnes 72,571 168.75 12,246,356.250
Lignite/Brown coal (recoverable) Million metric tonnes 76,508 84.38 6,455,745.040
Cobalt (Co content) Metric tonnes 1,400,000 52,880.00 74,032.000
Copper (Cu content) Metric tonnes 88,000,000 9,215.00 810,920.000
Diamond (industrial) Carats 25,000,000 7.40 185.000
Gold (Au content) Metric tonnes 10,000 55,543,636 555,436.357
Iron Ore Million metric tonnes 50,000 162.16 8,108,000.000
Lead (Pb content) Metric tonnes 36,000,000 2,160.00 77,760.000
Lithium (Li content) Metric tonnes 4,700,000 8,000.00 37,600.000
Manganese Ore Metric tonnes 230,000,000 4,800.00 1,104,000.000
Mineral Sands:
Ilmenite Metric tonnes 150,000,000 210.00 31,500.000
Rutile Metric tonnes 27,000,000 1,200.00 32,400.000
Zircon Metric tonnes 43,000,000 1,500.00 64,500.000
Nickel (Ni content) Metric tonnes 20,000,000 18,555.00 371,100.000
Rare Earths (REO & Y2O3) Metric tonnes 4,100,000 21,664.60 88,824.860
Silver (Ag content) Metric tonnes 88,000 695,099 61,168.731
Tantalum (Ta content) Metric tonnes 99,000 158,000.00 15,642.000
Tin (Sn content) Metric tonnes 430,000 35,945.00 15,456.350
Uranium (U content) Metric tonnes 1,692,700 101,632.98 172,034.145
Vanadium (V content) Metric tonnes 4,000,000 14,770.95 59,083.800
Zinc (Zn content) Metric tonnes 68,000,000 3,057.00 207,876.000
TOTAL 30,728,548.948

Notes/Assumptions:

  1. Reserve/resource information principally obtained from USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (where reserve figures specified/prices available) dated January 2021.
  2. Exceptions to the above are coal figures obtained from BP Statistical Review of World Energy dated June 2020. Uranium reserves taken from latest available World Nuclear Association report (as updated Sept. 2021).
  3. All price information where applicable latest available as of end Q3 2021 unless stated.
  4. Conversions: 2,204.62 lbs to a metric tonne and 32,150.75 troy ounces to a metric tonne.

China Approximate Value of Mineral Wealth

Total value of China mineral wealth (for all commodities where recent individual figures were found) is approximately $29,212,617.70 million.

Commodity Unit Reserves/ Resources Price $ (as at 30/09/2021) Value (US$ million)
Antimony (Sb content) Metric tonnes 480,000 8,774.39 4,211.707
Barite Metric tonnes 36,000,000 180.00 6,480.000
Bauxite Million metric tonnes 1,000 27.00 27,000.000
Borate (boron) Metric tonnes 24,000,000 384.00 9,216.000
Anthracite/Black coal (recoverable) Million metric tonnes 133,467 168.75 22,522,556.250
Lignite/Brown coal (recoverable) Million metric tonnes 8,128 84.38 685,840.640
Cobalt Metric tonnes 80,000 52,880.00 4,230.400
Copper (Cu content) Metric tonnes 26,000,000 9,215.00 239,590.000
Fluorspar Metric tonnes 42,000,000 240.00 10,080.000
Gold (Au content) Metric tonnes 2,000 55,543,636 111,087.271
Graphite (natural) Metric tonnes 73,000,000 1,790.00 130,670.000
Iron Ore Million metric tonnes 20,000 162.16 3,243,200.000
Lead (Pb content) Metric tonnes 18,000,000 2,160.00 38,880.000
Lithium (Li content) Metric tonnes 1,500,000 8,000.00 12,000.000
Manganese Ore Metric tonnes 54,000,000 4,800.00 259,200.000
Mineral Sands:
Ilmenite Metric tonnes 230,000,000 210.00 48,300.000
Zircon Metric tonnes 500,000 1,500.00 750.000
Molybdenum (Mo content) Metric tonnes 8,300,000 41,711.41 346,204.703
Nickel (Ni content) Metric tonnes 2,800,000 18,555.00 51,954.000
Potash (K₂O) Million metric tonnes 350 221.00 77,350.000
Rare Earths (REO content) Metric tonnes 44,000,000 21,664.60 953,242.400
Selenium (Se content) Metric tonnes 26,000 44,092.40 1,146.402
Silver (Ag content) Metric tonnes 41,000 695,099 28,499.068
Tin (Sn content) Metric tonnes 1,100,000 35,945.00 39,539.500
Tungsten (W content) Metric tonnes 1,900,000 32,242.57 61,260.883
Uranium (U content) Metric tonnes 248,900 101,632.98 25,296.449
Vanadium (V content) Metric tonnes 9,500,000 14,770.95 140,324.025
Zinc (Zn content) Metric tonnes 44,000,000 3,057.00 134,508.000
TOTAL 29,212,617.699

Notes/Assumptions:

  1. Reserve/resource information principally obtained from USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (where reserve figures specified/prices available) dated January 2021.
  2. Exceptions to the above are coal figures obtained from BP Statistical Review of World Energy dated June 2020. Uranium reserves taken from latest available World Nuclear Association report (as updated Sept. 2021).
  3. All price information where applicable latest available as of end Q3 2021 unless stated. 
  4. Conversions: 2,204.62 lbs to a metric tonne and 32,150.75 troy ounces to a metric tonne.

Russia Approximate Value of Mineral Wealth

Total value of Russia mineral wealth (for all commodities where recent individual figures were found) is approximately $25,813,985.15 million.

Commodity Unit Reserves/ Resources Price $ (as at 30/09/2021) Value (US$ million)
Antimony (Sb content) Metric tonnes 350,000 8,774.39 3,071.037
Barite Metric tonnes 12,000,000 180.00 2,160.000
Bauxite Million metric tonnes 500 27.00 13,500.000
Borate (boron) Metric tonnes 40,000,000 384.00 15,360.000
Anthracite/Black coal (recoverable) Million metric tonnes 71,719 168.75 12,102,581.250
Lignite/Brown coal (recoverable) Million metric tonnes 90,447 84.38 7,631,917.860
Cobalt (Co content) Metric tonnes 250,000 52,880.00 13,220.000
Copper (Cu content) Metric tonnes 61,000,000 9,215.00 562,115.000
Diamond (industrial) Carats 650,000,000 7.40 4,810.000
Gold (Au content) Metric tonnes 7,500 55,543,636 416,577.268
Iron Ore Million metric tonnes 25,000 162.16 4,054,000.000
Lead (Pb content) Metric tonnes 4,000,000 2,160.00 8,640.000
Molybdenum (Mo content) Metric tonnes 1,000,000 41,711.41 41,711.410
Nickel (Ni content) Metric tonnes 6,900,000 18,555.00 128,029.500
PGE (Pt, Pd, Os, Ir, Ru, Rh) Metric tonnes 3,900 45,584,950 177,781.306
Potash (K₂O) Million metric tonnes 600 221.00 132,600.000
Rare Earths (REO content) Metric tonnes 12,000,000 21,664.60 259,975.200
Rhenium (Re content) Metric tonnes 310 1,000,000.00 310.000
Selenium (Se content) Metric tonnes 20,000 44,092.40 881.848
Silver (Ag content) Metric tonnes 45,000 695,099 31,279.465
Tin (Sn content) Metric tonnes 280,000 35,945.00 10,064.600
Tungsten (W content) Metric tonnes 400,000 32,242.57 12,897.028
Uranium (U content) Metric tonnes 486,000 101,632.98 49,393.628
Vanadium (V content) Metric tonnes 5,000,000 14,770.95 73,854.750
Zinc (Zn content) Metric tonnes 22,000,000 3,057.00 67,254.000
TOTAL 25,813,985.150

Notes/Assumptions:

  1. Reserve/resource information principally obtained from USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (where reserve figures specified/prices available) dated January 2021.
  2. Exceptions to the above are coal figures obtained from BP Statistical Review of World Energy dated June 2020. Uranium reserves taken from latest available World Nuclear Association report (as updated Sept. 2021).
  3. All price information where applicable latest available as of end Q3 2021 unless stated. 
  4. Conversions: 2,204.62 lbs to a metric tonne and 32,150.75 troy ounces to a metric tonne.

India Approximate Value of Mineral Wealth

Total value of India mineral wealth (for all commodities where recent individual figures were found) is approximately $18,810,204.98 million.

Commodity Unit Canada Estimated Reserves Price $ (as at 30/09/2021) Value (US$ million)
Barite Metric tonnes 51,000,000 180.00 9,180.000
Bauxite Million metric tonnes 660 27.00 17,820.000
Anthracite/Black coal (recoverable) Million metric tonnes 100,858 168.75 17,019,787.500
Lignite/Brown coal (recoverable) Million metric tonnes 5,073 84.38 428,059.740
Chromium (gross weight i.e. ore) Metric tonnes 100,000,000 180.00 18,000.000
Feldspar Metric tonnes 320,000,000 110.00 35,200.000
Graphite (natural) Metric tonnes 8,000,000 1,790.00 14,320.000
Iron Ore Million metric tonnes 5,500 162.16 891,880.000
Lead (Pb content) Metric tonnes 2,500,000 2,160.00 5,400.000
Manganese Ore Metric tonnes 34,000,000 4,800.00 163,200.000
Mineral Sands:
Ilmenite Metric tonnes 85,000,000 210.00 17,850.000
Rutile Metric tonnes 7,400,000 1,200.00 8,880.000
Rare Earths (REO content) Metric tonnes 6,900,000 21,664.60 149,485.740
Vermiculite Metric tonnes 1,600,000 357.50 572.000
Zinc (Zn content) Metric tonnes 10,000,000 3,057.00 30,570.000
TOTAL 18,810,204.980

Notes/Assumptions:

  1. Reserve/resource information principally obtained from USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (where reserve figures specified/prices available) dated January 2021.
  2. Exceptions to the above are coal figures obtained from BP Statistical Review of World Energy dated June 2020.
  3. All price information where applicable latest available as of end Q3 2021 unless stated.
  4. Conversions: 2,204.62 lbs to a metric tonne and 32,150.75 troy ounces to a metric tonne.

Brazil Approximate Value of Mineral Wealth

Total value of Brazil mineral wealth (for all commodities where recent individual figures were found) is approximately $9,044,351.42 million.

Commodity Unit Canada Estimated Reserves Price $ (as at 30/09/2021) Value (US$ million)
Bauxite Million metric tonnes 2,700 27.00 72,900.000
Anthracite/Black coal Million metric tonnes 1,547 168.75 261,056.250
Lignite/Brown coal Million metric tonnes 5,049 84.38 426,034.620
Feldspar Metric tonnes 150,000,000 110.00 16,500.000
Fluorspar Metric tonnes 0 240.00 0.000
Gold (Au content) Metric tonnes 2,400 55,543,636 133,304.726
Graphite (natural) Metric tonnes 70,000,000 1,790.00 125,300.000
Iron Ore Million metric tonnes 34,000 162.16 5,513,440.000
Lithium (Li content) Metric tonnes 95,000 8,000.00 760.000
Manganese Ore Metric tonnes 270,000,000 4,800.00 1,296,000.000
Mineral Sands:
Ilmenite Metric tonnes 43,000,000 210.00 9,030.000
Nickel (Ni content) Metric tonnes 16,000,000 18,555.00 296,880.000
Niobium (Nb content) Metric tonnes 16,000,000 24,000.00 384,000.000
Potash (K₂O) Million metric tonnes 2.30 221.00 508.300
Rare Earths (REO content) Metric tonnes 21,000,000 21,664.60 454,956.600
Tantalum (Ta content) Metric tonnes 40,000 158,000.00 6,320.000
Tin (Sn content) Metric tonnes 420,000 35,945.00 15,096.900
Uranium (U content) Metric tonnes 276,800 101,632.98 28,132.009
Vanadium Metric tonnes 120,000 14,770.95 1,772.514
Vermiculite Metric tonnes 6,600,000 357.50 2,359.500
TOTAL 9,044,351.419

Notes/Assumptions:

  1. Reserve/resource information principally obtained from USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (where reserve figures specified/prices available) dated January 2021.
  2. Exceptions to the above are coal figures obtained from BP Statistical Review of World Energy dated June 2020. Uranium reserves taken from latest available World Nuclear Association report (as updated Sept. 2021).
  3. All price information where applicable latest available as of end Q3 2021 unless stated.
  4. Conversions: 2,204.62 lbs to a metric tonne and 32,150.75 troy ounces to a metric tonne.

South Africa Approximate Value of Mineral Wealth

Total value of South Africa mineral wealth (for all commodities where recent individual figures were found) is approximately $7,530,333.02 million.

Commodity Unit Canada Estimated Reserves Price $ (as at 30/09/2021) Value (US$ million)
Anthracite/Black coal (recoverable) Million metric tonnes 9,893 168.75 1,669,443.750
Lignite/Brown coal (recoverable) Million metric tonnes 0 84.38 0.000
Chromium (gross weight i.e. ore) Metric tonnes 200,000,000 180.00 36,000.000
Cobalt (Co content) Metric tonnes 40,000 52,880.00 2,115.200
Diamond (industrial) Carats 130,000,000 7.40 962.000
Fluorspar Metric tonnes 41,000,000 240.00 9,840.000
Gold (Au content) Metric tonnes 2,700 55,543,636 149,967.816
Iron Ore Million metric tonnes 1,000 162.16 162,160.000
Manganese Ore Metric tonnes 520,000,000 4,800.00 2,496,000.000
Mineral Sands:
Ilmenite Metric tonnes 35,000,000 210.00 7,350.000
Rutile Metric tonnes 6,800,000 1,200.00 8,160.000
Zircon Metric tonnes 6,700,000 1,500.00 10,050.000
Nickel (Ni content) Metric tonnes 0 18,555.00 0.000
PGE (Pt, Pd, Os, Ir, Ru, Rh) Metric tonnes 63,000 45,584,950 2,871,851.868
Rare Earths (REO content) Metric tonnes 790,000 21,664.60 17,115.034
Uranium (U content) Metric tonnes 320,900 101,632.98 32,614.023
Vanadium (V content) Metric tonnes 3,500,000 14,770.95 51,698.325
Vermiculite Metric tonnes 14,000,000 357.50 5,005.000
TOTAL 7,530,333.017

Notes/Assumptions:

  1. Reserve/resource information principally obtained from USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (where reserve figures specified/prices available) dated January 2021.
  2. Exceptions to the above are coal figures obtained from BP Statistical Review of World Energy dated June 2020. Uranium reserves taken from latest available World Nuclear Association report (as updated Sept. 2021).
  3. All price information where applicable latest available as of end Q3 2021 unless stated. 
  4. Conversions: 2,204.62 lbs to a metric tonne and 32,150.75 troy ounces to a metric tonne.

Ukraine Approximate Value of Mineral Wealth

Total value of Ukraine mineral wealth (for all commodities where recent individual figures were found) is approximately $7,345,019.44 million.

Commodity Unit Canada Estimated Reserves Price $ (as at 30/09/2021) Value (US$ million)
Anthracite/Black coal (recoverable) Million metric tonnes 32,039 168.75 5,406,581.250
Lignite/Brown coal (recoverable) Million metric tonnes 2,336 84.38 197,111.680
Iron Ore Million metric tonnes 6,500 162.16 1,054,040.000
Manganese Ore Metric tonnes 140,000,000 4,800.00 672,000.000
Mineral Sands:
Ilmenite Metric tonnes 5,900,000 210.00 1,239.000
Rutile Metric tonnes 2,500,000 1,200.00 3,000.000
Uranium (U content) Metric tonnes 108,700 101,632.98 11,047.505
TOTAL 7,345,019.435

Notes/Assumptions:

  1. Reserve/resource information principally obtained from USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (where reserve figures specified/prices available) dated January 2021. 
  2. Exceptions to the above are coal figures obtained from BP Statistical Review of World Energy dated June 2020. Uranium reserves taken from latest available World Nuclear Association report (as updated Sept. 2021). 
  3. All price information where applicable latest available as of end Q3 2021 unless stated. 
  4. Conversions: 2,204.62 lbs to a metric tonne and 32,150.75 troy ounces to a metric tonne.

Indonesia Approximate Value of Mineral Wealth

Total value of Indonesia mineral wealth (for all commodities where recent individual figures were found) is approximately $6,337,339.34 million.

Commodity Unit Canada Estimated Reserves Price $ (as at 30/09/2021) Value (US$ million)
Bauxite Million metric tonnes 1,200 27.00 32,400.000
Anthracite/Black coal (recoverable) Million metric tonnes 28,163 168.75 4,752,506.250
Lignite/Brown coal (recoverable) Million metric tonnes 11,728 84.38 989,608.640
Copper (Cu content) Metric tonnes 0 9,215.00 0.000
Gold (Au content) Metric tonnes 2,600 55,543,636 144,413.453
Nickel (Ni content) Metric tonnes 21,000,000 18,555.00 389,655.000
Tin (Sn content) Metric tonnes 800,000 35,945.00 28,756.000
TOTAL 6,337,339.343

Notes/Assumptions: 

  1. Reserve/resource information principally obtained from USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (where reserve figures specified/prices available) dated January 2021.
  2. Exceptions to the above are coal figures obtained from BP Statistical Review of World Energy dated June 2020.
  3. All price information where applicable latest available as of end Q3 2021 unless stated.
  4. Conversions: 2,204.62 lbs to a metric tonne and 32,150.75 troy ounces to a metric tonne.

Kazakhstan Approximate Value of Mineral Wealth

Total value of Kazakhstan mineral wealth (for all commodities where recent individual figures were found) is approximately $5,184,462.17 million.

Commodity Unit Canada Estimated Reserves Price $ (as at 30/09/2021) Value (US$ million)
Barite Metric tonnes 85,000,000 180.00 15,300.000
Bauxite Million metric tonnes 160 27.00 4,320.000
Anthracite/Black coal (recoverable) Million metric tonnes 25,605 168.75 4,320,843.750
Lignite/Brown coal (recoverable) Million metric tonnes 0 84.38 0.000
Chromium (gross weight i.e. ore) Metric tonnes 230,000,000 180.00 41,400.000
Copper (Cu content) Metric tonnes 20,000,000 9,215.00 184,300.000
Gold (Au content) Metric tonnes 1,000 55,543,636 55,543.636
Iron Ore Million metric tonnes 2,500 162.16 405,400.000
Lead (Pb content) Metric tonnes 2,000,000 2,160.00 4,320.000
Manganese Ore Metric tonnes 5,000,000 4,800.00 24,000.000
Rhenium (Re content) Metric tonnes 190 1,000,000.00 190.000
Uranium (U content) Metric tonnes 906,800 101,632.98 92,160.786
Zinc (Zn content) Metric tonnes 12,000,000 3,057.00 36,684.000
TOTAL 5,184,462.172

Notes/Assumptions:

  1. Reserve/resource information principally obtained from USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (where reserve figures specified/prices available) dated January 2021. 
  2. Exceptions to the above are coal figures obtained from BP Statistical Review of World Energy dated June 2020. Uranium reserves taken from latest available World Nuclear Association report (as updated Sept. 2021).
  3. All price information where applicable latest available as of end Q3 2021 unless stated. 
  4. Conversions: 2,204.62 lbs to a metric tonne and 32,150.75 troy ounces to a metric tonne.

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