Not directly. Mineral titles in Gilgit Baltistan, as elsewhere in Pakistan, can only be granted to a locally incorporated entity. Foreign investors typically participate through a joint venture, a farm-in agreement, or by incorporating a Pakistani subsidiary. We structure and guide either route, and this is usually the first question worth resolving before anything else.
Investment opportunity
Mining investment in Gilgit Baltistan
Foreign companies cannot hold a mineral title in Pakistan directly. Mineral titles can only be granted to a locally incorporated entity, so international investors participate through a joint venture, a farm-in agreement, or by incorporating a Pakistani subsidiary. Durr & Zircon Consortium already holds ten licensed concessions across seven districts of Gilgit Baltistan, structured, permitted, and open to partners on any of the routes below.
Four routes in
Joint venture
We structure joint ventures across our three registered operating companies, combining our licence, local incorporation, and field team with your capital and technical resources. Structures are negotiated per concession.
Farm-in and earn-in
Earn a stake through defined exploration spend rather than an upfront payment. This suits junior exploration companies wanting exposure to early-stage assets without committing full capital before results are in.
Equity participation
Straight equity in the consortium, rather than a per-concession arrangement, for investors who want exposure across the portfolio instead of a single asset.
Outright acquisition
Earth Lux Mines & Minerals, our third registered company, is offered for complete acquisition. Full equity positions on other concessions are open to negotiation for the right buyer.
Why Gilgit Baltistan
Gilgit Baltistan covers over 43,000 sq km of mining area, most of it still unexplored, with the government offering a lighter tax burden in a mine's early years and cheaper electricity as incentives for new entrants. It is also, by our own count, a market with very few licensed private operators publishing operator-level detail, coordinates, licence numbers, area, and access routes, rather than the policy-level overviews most public sources cover.
Explore what we hold by commodity, by concession, or see the case for your market specifically, then bring questions to the investor desk. If you're earlier in the process, our guide to how mineral titles actually work in Gilgit Baltistan is worth reading first.
Investor FAQ
Investment FAQ
The questions that come up before capital moves, answered directly.
Our concessions operate under formal agreement with both the provincial mining authority and the communities whose valleys we work in, the two approvals that most often stall mining projects in this region. We coordinate NOCs and security permissions for every site visit, and accompany investors throughout.
Incorporation certificates, exploration licences, geological reports, and topography maps are shared directly with verified investors, typically after an NDA, once an enquiry is confirmed through the investor desk. Boundary coordinates are part of that same data room rather than published on public pages.
It varies by structure and by how quickly a counterparty completes their own due diligence. A guided site visit typically happens early in the process, once initial interest and scope are confirmed, so an investor can assess a concession directly before terms are finalized.