June 22, 2019

Beijing has been actively investing in the Central Asian state which is set to become a part of the land route for the Chinese "Belt and Road" mega-project.

An agreement to develop the major Yakchilva deposit, which is estimated to have 205 tonnes of silver, was signed between the Tajikistan government and China's Kashgar Xinyu Dadi Mining Investment company, the local Radio Ozodi station reported. The details of the deal on which the government allowed the Chinese company to develop the deposit remain unknown.

The deposit itself is located in the remote high-altitude Pamir region, which is lacking in certain aspects of infrastructure, such as a reliable power grid. It's unclear if the Chinese developer will be investing the infrastructure needed for the project.

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