TABLE 3
CANADA:  RESERVES OF MAJOR MINERALS IN 2003
(Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified)1
Commodity				Reserves
Asbestos, fiber				35,700	e
Coal, all types				6,220,000	e
Copper				10,000
Gold		metric tons		1,500	2
Gypsum				450,000	e
Iron ore				1,700,000	e
Lead				1,600
Molybdenum				450
Natural gas		billion cubic meters		1,660	3
Nickel				6,600
Petroleum crude		million barrels		16,900	3
Potash, K2O equivalent		million metric tons		4,400	e
Salt		thousand short tons		264,000	e
Silver		metric tons		47,000
Sodium sulfate		thousand short tons		84,000	e
Sulfur				160,000	e
Uranium				420	4
Zinc				11,000
eEstimated; estimated data are rounded to three significant digits;
may not add to totals shown.
1Sources:  2002 and 2003 "Canadian Minerals Yearbook,"
Natural Resources Canada, except for natural gas and petroleum
crude; U.S. Geological Survey's Mineral Commodity Summaries 2004.
2Excludes metal in placer deposits.
3Source:  BP 2004, Statistical Review of World Energy.
4Recoverable at prices of $100, or less per kilogram of uranium.