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. |
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