Overview

Geological Survey in Vientiane Plain

Commitment Year•2003Country of Activity•Lao People's Democratic RepublicDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Lao People's Democratic RepublicSector•Industry, Mining, ConstructionFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2003

End (actual): Jul 1, 2003

Geospatial footprint

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This project conducts a geological survey for Kalium resources in the Vientiane Plain of Laos. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5831667.

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

China Ministry of Finance

State-owned companies

Yunnan Geology and Mineral Resources Exploitation Group

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Laos

Implementing agencies

State-owned companies

Yunnan Geology and Mineral Resources Exploitation Group

Loan desecription

Geological Survey in Vientiane Plain

Narrative

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Project narrative

China has successfully finished a geological survey for Kalium resources in the Vientiane Plain of Laos. The project, implemented by the Yunnan Geology and Mineral Resources Exploitation Group Company, has been jointly approved by the Chinese and Lao governments and co-funded by China's Ministries of Finance and Land Resources, the former State Development Planning Commission and the company. In March 2000, the company detected a rich Kalium reserve allowing an initial exploitation of 100 million tons and a maximum possible reserve of 10 billion tons from a land area of 1,970 square kilometers. The financial details of this project are unclear.