As of today, Kyrgyzstan has registered reserves of more than 1,000 deposits belonging to 51 types of minerals. Of this number, about 400 are in the process of industrial development or at the stage of geological exploration and pilot industrial works.
About 600 other deposits have been postponed indefinitely. The reasons vary from depletion of reserves to the need for reassessment, reevaluation of economic feasibility, or the introduction of new technologies in extraction.
The Ministry of Nature emphasizes that geological exploration has not received due attention since gaining independence. Nevertheless, with the support of the current president, in 2024, the state enterprise "Kyrgyzgeology" received 1 billion soms for the acquisition of new equipment and instruments as part of a national project for the extraction of polymetals and rare earth elements. Plans for 2024-2025 have allocated 72% of these funds.
In the State Balance, reserves include precious metals, non-ferrous and rare earth metals, coal, hydrocarbon resources, and other minerals that play an important role in the development of industries such as manufacturing, energy, construction, and road repair.
Despite this, opportunities to expand the mineral resource base of the country still exist.
The state of the mineral resource complex directly affects the stability of industry, employment of the population, and the development of regional infrastructure.
Results for the first 9 months of 2025
Considering the activation of geological exploration and production works, the mining sector shows positive dynamics. According to the results from January to September 2025, there is a stable growth in key indicators — tax revenues, production volumes, and reserve increases.
Taxes and payments:
From mining enterprises, 42.7 billion soms were received in the form of taxes and mandatory payments to the republican and local budgets, which is 16 billion soms more than in the same period of 2024 (26.7 billion soms). From 2021 to 2025, more than 191 billion soms have been received from mining companies to the budget.
Increase in reserves:
As of January 1, 2025, the base reserves are:
• Gold — 973 tons
• Alluvial gold — 7.4 tons
• Silver — 1.1 thousand tons
• Copper — 960.4 thousand tons
• Lead — 47.7 thousand tons
• Zinc — 32.1 thousand tons
In the first 9 months of 2025, geological exploration additionally identified reserves:
• Gold — 5.8 tons
• Alluvial gold — 56.8 kg
• Silver — 3.7 tons
• Copper — 6.4 thousand tons
• Lead — 101.1 thousand tons
• Zinc — 11.2 thousand tons
• Coal — 9 million tons
• Kaolin — 127.8 thousand tons
• Gypsum — 1.4 million tons
• Marble — 211.6 thousand tons
• Construction sand — 392.3 thousand m³
• Sand and gravel mixture — 248.9 thousand m³
Production volumes:
In the first 9 months of 2025, the following were extracted:[/b>
• Gold — 17 tons
• Oil — 198 thousand tons
• Natural gas — 18.9 million m³
• Coal — 2.3 million tons
Auctions and licenses:
Since the beginning of the year, 26 auctions for subsoil plots have been held, with total revenue of 1.6 million US dollars. As of September 2025, 2005 licenses have been issued, of which 103 belong to state enterprises with a 100% share. This ensures full state control over the use of subsoil resources in the interests of the country.
[b]Results and conclusions
According to the results of the first 9 months of 2025, the mining industry of Kyrgyzstan demonstrates stable growth and increased efficiency in resource management.
Key achievements during this period include:
• Increase in tax revenues to the budget;
• Growth in mineral reserves and discovery of new deposits;
• Activation of geological exploration works;
• Transparent conduct of auctions and licensing;
• Increased investment interest in the industry.
These results confirm that Kyrgyzstan is consistently strengthening its mineral resource base, focusing on innovation, digitalization, and transparency in subsoil use, which contributes to the sustainable development of the mining sector and the economy as a whole.
