Yes. Boundary coordinates and the geological report for Placer Gold are shared directly with verified investors and buyers on request, either by email or once an enquiry is confirmed through the investor desk.
Skardu
Placer Gold
Placer Gold is a placer gold concession in Skardu, held under licence by Durr Mines and Minerals (PVT) LTD. It carries placer gold, black sand, riverbed length: 26 km. The site is operational. The deposit is reachable by road.
- Operator
- Durr Mines and Minerals (PVT) LTD
- District
- Skardu
- Deposit type
- Placer Gold
- Status
- Operational
- Site access
- Road access to deposit
- Placer Gold
- Black Sand
- Riverbed Length: 26 km
Boundary coordinates and the geological report for this concession are shared directly with verified investors and buyers on request, by email, or once an enquiry is confirmed through the investor desk.
Geological context
About Placer Gold
Placer gold along the upper Indus and its Gilgit-Baltistan tributaries is one of the better-documented mineral occurrences in the region. Published research confirms gold recovery by panning, screen-washing, and drilling along river sediments through Chilas, Gilgit, Skardu, and Chitral. Skardu itself sits at the confluence of the Shigar River with the Indus, a geologically favourable trap point for placer accumulation.
This concession covers a 26 km stretch of riverbed carrying placer gold in black sand deposits, a scale that points toward mechanized recovery rather than artisanal panning. It is one of our producing blocks, it runs along the Skardu road, and both of those matter commercially: placer operations of this kind are typically lower-capex and faster to cash flow than hard-rock mining, and road access along the length of the workings removes the logistics premium that makes remote Karakoram projects expensive. Riverbed access and recovery-rate data are shared with verified investors directly.
Investor FAQ
Placer Gold: investor FAQ
Direct answers for investors and buyers evaluating Placer Gold, Skardu.
Licence status is shown on this page as either Operational or Exploratory Phase. Operational means the site is held under an active mining lease. Exploratory Phase means the concession is held under an exploration or reconnaissance licence, ahead of a mining lease application. Both are transferable business relationships, through joint venture, farm-in, equity, or in some cases outright sale, not just information.
The mineral indications listed here are public. The boundary coordinates, assay data, and full geological report are not, by design, since publishing them would hand a competitor the same targeting information for free. That data room opens once an enquiry is confirmed through the investor desk, typically after an NDA. It's a filter for seriousness, not a sales tactic.
