Russia is one of the richest countries in terms of minerals, and “the reserves will never run out.” This opinion was expressed by the Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation Alexander Kozlov in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper.
According to his estimates, the provision of natural gas reserves at current production is 103 years, oil – 59 years, gold – 40 years.
“We have one of the richest countries in terms of minerals, reserves will never run out,” the head of the Ministry of Natural Resources is convinced.
According to him, “the question is in their economy, in the profitability of reserves.” “We have geological reserves, we have recoverable reserves and profitable reserves. This is the category of reserves that are now economically profitable to extract. There are more than 300 of them: this is only what is in demand by the industry, in demand by domestic industries. Today I can say that Russia occupies one of the leading positions in oil and gas production and in a number of solid minerals. For example, for gold, silver, copper and others, ”said Kozlov.
He also said that the federal and regional budgets annually receive an average of about 17 billion rubles. environmental payments, adding that this amount is the “average temperature in the hospital” and it can vary greatly from year to year.
Let us also recall that back in October last year, the general director of Rosgeologia, Sergei Gorkov, urged not to rush to declare the depletion of oil reserves in the Russian Federation and in the world as a whole. “There will be enough oil for as long as technologies are developed,” the head of the department said in an interview with RBC.
Source: Rosbalt
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