ISLAMABAD (The Thursday Times) — Balochistan mein Reko Diq copper-gold project par pehli paidawar mein do saal ki taakheer ho sakti hai aur yeh 2030 tak ja sakti hai, sooba mein security khadshat aur parosi mulk Iran mein jang ki wajah se, hukumati zaraye aur industry se waqif logon ne bataya.
Canadian company Barrick Mining, jo project ka aadha hissa rakhti hai, ke bare mein zaraye ne bataya ke andruni jaiza mukammal hone ke baad 2027 ke darmiyan tak mukammal paimane par taraqqiyati kaam dobara shuru karne ki tawaqqo hai. Company ne naya time frame elan nahin kiya, aur na hi us ne aur na wafaqi aur soobai ahalkaron ne tabsire ki darkhwaston par fori jawab diya.
Project par maujood logon ne bataya ke kaam band nahin hua tha. Tamam 700 permanent staff aur taqreeban 2,000 contract workers ko barqarar rakha gaya hai, agarche kuch third-party service contracts ko khatam hone diya gaya. Company ke aik mulazim ne, naam zahir na karte hue, kaha ke research, administration aur community projects ka kaam mamool ke mutabiq jari hai aur project ke mustaqbil ke bare mein baaton ko bebunyad qarar diya. Aik doosre ahalkar ne kaha ke taqreeban 1 arab dollar pehle hi lagaye ja chuke hain, aur daaw itna bara hai ke koi bhi shareholder alag nahin ho sakta.
Barrick ne February mein apna jaiza shuru kiya, jis se taraqqiyati kaam sust ho gaya aur us ka tajziya 2027 ke aaghaz tak barh gaya. Us ke chief executive ne pichhle maheene kaha ke company mukammal construction schedule shuru karne se pehle "security mein kisi qism ki behtari" chahti hai. Chairman John Thornton ke is maheene ke baqi dinon mein Islamabad pahunchne ki tawaqqo hai, jahan woh Pakistan Minerals Investment Forum 2026 mein shirkat karenge.
Takheer ki wajah se kitni lagat aayegi, is ke andaze bohat mukhtalif hain. Balochistan mein mining ke aik aur mansoobe se wabasta aik niji shobe ke zarai ne kaha ke agar kaam aik saal ke andar bahal ho bhi jaye toh bhi akhrajat mein 8 arab dollar se 10 arab dollar tak izafa ho sakta hai. Mansoobe se karobari taalluqat rakhne wale aik andaruni shakhs ne ise taqreeban mazhaka khez qarar de kar mustarad kar diya aur izafa taqreeban 10% se zyada nahin, yaani 45 crore dollar se 90 crore dollar, bataya.
Pehle marhale ki lagat ka andaza ab 5.6 arab dollar hai, jo pehle 4 arab dollar tha, aur doosre marhale ka 3.5 arab dollar, jis se kul lagat taqreeban 9.1 arab dollar ho jati hai. Mansoobe ka baqi aadha hissa Balochistan hukumat aur teen Pakistani sarkari companies ke darmiyan barabar taqseem hai. Open-pit mine se tawaqqo hai ke woh saalana 4 crore 50 lakh tonne khaam dhaat sanbhale gi, jo doosre marhale ke baad dugni ho jayegi, aur tameeri kaam ke urooj par 7,500 aur taqreeban 4,000 mustaqil rozgar paida karegi. 37 saala umr mein mutawaqqa free cash flow taqreeban 74 arab dollar hai.
