A straight look at royalties, taxes and profit repatriation for mining JVs in Gilgit-Baltistan — what overseas partners actually pay and take home.
A practical, step-by-step buyer workflow for sourcing minerals from Gilgit-Baltistan — sampling, assay, contracts, logistics and payment.
A miner's read on molybdenum demand through 2035 — stainless, HSLA steels, hydroprocessing catalysts and defence alloys. Written from Gilgit-Baltistan.
A practical walkthrough of technical due diligence on Gilgit-Baltistan concessions — licensing, geology, sampling, logistics and the things people miss.
A Pakistani mining founder on what Chinese investors got right in GB and Balochistan, and where Western buyers keep tripping over themselves.
A working operator's guide to how mineral titles, leases and surface rights actually function in Pakistan — and where foreign JV partners get tripped up.
How we actually run mineral exploration above 3,500m in Gilgit-Baltistan — mapping, sampling, logistics and the mistakes we made early on.
A mining operator's take on antimony and tungsten security of supply for defence buyers in 2025 — grades, geopolitics and what Pakistan can actually delive
A candid look at silver, copper and tellurium demand from PV manufacturing — and what Gilgit-Baltistan can and can't realistically supply.
An operator's honest comparison of Pakistan, Central Asia and Africa for critical minerals JV risk and reward — from someone holding 16 GB concessions.
A working view from Gilgit-Baltistan on why Pakistan moves into tier-1 critical minerals supply by 2030 — geology, policy, and the buyers already circling.
A candid guide for buyers negotiating off-take with junior concession holders in Pakistan — pricing, prepayment, tonnage risk and what actually gets signed
A working note from GBX Resources on bauxite grades in Gilgit-Baltistan, shipping via Karachi, and what Gulf smelters actually need from Pakistan.
A working view from Pakistan on antimony grades, allied supply gaps, and what off-take from Gilgit-Baltistan actually looks like in 2024.
A Pakistani concession holder's view on the EU Critical Raw Materials Act, and where antimony, tungsten and copper outside China actually come from.
A Pakistani operator's read on the US critical minerals list — antimony, tungsten, copper, REEs — and where GB concessions actually fit the supply gap.
A grounded look at lead-silver polymetallic deposits in GB Pakistan — geology, grades, and where these concentrates actually fit in global markets.
A working breakdown of how concentrate actually moves from Gilgit-Baltistan to port — costs, road conditions, customs, and what trips people up.
A frank look at quarrying architectural granite in Gilgit-Baltistan, real freight costs to the Gulf, and what buyers from Dubai and Riyadh keep asking for.
A working note from Gilgit-Baltistan on why Pakistan deserves a serious look from EU and US critical minerals buyers — antimony, tungsten, copper, REEs.
A field operator's look at lode gold deposits in the Karakoram and Western Himalaya, with real grades, structural controls and what's drillable in GB.
A working note on how we classify nephrite jade from Skardu and Bunji, and what Chinese, Taiwanese and Korean buyers actually pay for.
How concentrate and ore actually move from GB mines to Karachi, Gwadar and Khunjerab — distances, costs, bottlenecks and what works.
Field notes on REE exploration in Gilgit-Baltistan — geology, sample work, and where the realistic targets sit in the Himalayan collision zone.
Real grade data, geology and export logistics for bauxite from Gilgit-Baltistan. Written for aluminium feedstock buyers and JV partners.
A working operator's guide to how mineral concession licensing actually works in Pakistan, especially Gilgit-Baltistan. Real process, real timelines.
A field note on Karakoram batholith granite — colors, block sizes, quarry access and what serious architectural stone buyers should know.
A working operator's breakdown of lode and placer gold economics in Gilgit-Baltistan — capex, grades, recovery and what JV partners should actually weigh.
How we sample, assay and estimate placer gold tonnage across the Indus, Gilgit and Hunza river systems in Gilgit-Baltistan. Field notes, not brochure copy.
A working note on molybdenum deposits in Gilgit-Baltistan — geology, grades, critical-mineral status and where serious off-take conversations stand.
A working note on tungsten and molybdenum from Gilgit-Baltistan — grades, geology, logistics and what defence buyers actually ask us.
Early rare earth exploration results from Gilgit-Baltistan — what the rock chips, pegmatites and carbonatite leads are actually telling us so far.
A field-level look at alluvial gold Pakistan: grades, geology and extraction economics across the Indus, Gilgit and Hunza river systems.
A field-honest look at copper grades and tonnage potential across our Gilgit-Baltistan concessions, with comparable deposits from Reko Diq to Oyu Tolgoi.
China's antimony export curbs left Western buyers exposed. Here's what Gilgit-Baltistan can realistically supply, and on what timeline.
A founder's note on porphyry copper geology in Gilgit-Baltistan, actual grades from our concessions, and how a serious JV gets structured.
A working operator's view on structuring a mining JV in Pakistan — licensing, fiscal terms, equity splits and what overseas partners get wrong.
An honest field update on lithium pegmatite exploration in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan — what we've sampled, what's confirmed, and what EV buyers should ask
A working geologist's view of Gilgit-Baltistan's critical minerals belt — what's in the rock, where licensing stands, and how export logistics really run.
A working operator's notes on nephrite jade from Skardu and Bunji — grades, geology, pricing reality and how we ship out of Pakistan.
A working note from GBX Resources on antimony and tungsten grades across our Karakoram concessions, and what serious off-take partners should know.
A working map of the antimony, tungsten and molybdenum belt in Gilgit-Baltistan, and what it could mean for non-China critical minerals supply.
A field-level briefing on antimony, tungsten and molybdenum from Gilgit-Baltistan — geology, grades, licensing and what off-take partners need to know.
A working operator's view on Gilgit-Baltistan's antimony, tungsten and copper geology, grades, and what a serious JV or off-take actually looks like.