USGS and the Government of Afghanistan to Unveil Non-Fuel Mineral Resource Assessment of Afghanistan

[Karen Renee Wood <kwood@xxxxxxxx>]

Media Advisory

For release: November 6, 2007

Contact: 
Jessica Robertson, 703-648-6624,
jrobertson@xxxxxxxx
Joshua Gross, 202-483-6410, gross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


USGS and the Government of Afghanistan
to Unveil Non-Fuel Mineral Resource Assessment of Afghanistan

WASHINGTON, D.C. — You are invited
to attend an event co-hosted by The Embassy of Afghanistan and the Afghan-American
Chamber of Commerce where the U.S. Geological Survey will unveil a 2007
preliminary assessment of non-fuel mineral resources of Afghanistan. The
assessment will provide policymakers and potential private investors with
valuable new information on the identity, location and quantity of undiscovered
non-fuel mineral resources, such as copper, iron ore, colored stones and
gemstones. 

The USGS was commissioned by the
U.S. Agency for International Development and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
to develop a preliminary assessment of Afghanistan’s non-fuel mineral
resources. USGS scientists worked cooperatively with the Afghanistan Geological
Survey of the Afghanistan Ministry of Mines, between 2004 and 2007, to
compile existing information about known mineral deposits and evaluate
the possible occurrence of undiscovered deposits of non-fuel mineral resources.


Who:      
         H.E. Said Tayeb Jawad,
Ambassador, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
William H. Werkheiser, Acting Associate
Director for Geology, USGS

Where:      
 3rd Annual Meeting of the Afghanistan-American Chamber of
Commerce
Ronald Reagan Building and International
Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
         
      Washington, D.C. 20004

When:      
         Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007
         
      9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
         
      
Registration is Required:
Due to limited space and building security, members of the media must pre-register
by contacting Joshua Gross at gross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
or (202) 483-6410.


Karen Wood
Public Affairs Specialist
U.S. Geological Survey, Office of Communications
703-648-4447
Fax: 703-648-4466
Email: kwood@xxxxxxxx