TABLE  3
PERU:  RESERVES OF MAJOR MINERALS IN 20031
(Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified)
Commodity				Reserves
Coal, all types				1,100,000
Copper				57,400
Gold		metric tons		3,500	2
Iron ore				830,000
Lead				3,500
Molybdenum				450	e
Natural gas		billion cubic meters		250
Petroleum, crude		million barrels		320
Phosphate rock		million metric tons		550
Salt				100,000	e
Silver		metric tons		36,000
Sulfur				150,000	e
Tin				720
Uranium				100	3
Zinc				16,000
eEstimated; estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits;
may not add to totals shown.
12001 and 2002 Anuario de la Minería del Perú, Ministerio de Energía y Minas,
except for natural gas and petroleum crude.
2Excludes metal in placer deposits.
3Recoverable at prices of $100 or less per kilogram of uranium.