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Mineral     Explored/Known to be found    Quantity    Lifespan (Reserves)
Aluminium (Bauxite)    Known deposit
Location: Mulanje Mountain    40.0 million metric tons (Country Report, Malawi)    28.8/43.9 %AL2O3 million tonnes/grade (Country Report, Malawi)
Bastnaesite    Known deposit
Location: Tundulu Carbonatite    2.0 million tonnes(Country Report, Malawi)    Rare earths (yttrium at 1.35 kg per tonne and neodymium at 2.5 kg per tonne) (Country Report, Malawi)
Coal    Extracted
Location: Northern Karroo Basins    Over 75.0 million tonnes (Country Report, Malawi)    16.4 million tonnes (Country Report, Malawi)
Columbium (In pegmetitic veins)    Location: Thambani mountain        
Corundum (ruby and sapphire)    Known deposit        8.0/75.6gm per m3 million tonnes/grade
(MIPA)
Dolomite    Large resources in Middle Shire Area        
Glass sands    Known deposit
Location: Mchinji and Machinga        1.6/97%SiO2 million tonnes/grade (Country Report, Malawi)
Granite    Known deposit
Nyika, Namkumba Peninsula and Mchinji        
Graphite    Known deposit
Location: Central Region - Lilongwe, Dowa and Ntchis        2.7/5.8%C million tonnes/grade (Country Report, Malawi)
Gypsum     Known deposit
Location: Central Malawi in Dambos        
Iron Sulphides (Pyrite)    Known deposit
Location: Chisepo and Malingunde        34.0 million at 8% S (Country Report, Malawi)
Kaolin    Known deposit
Location: Linthipe        14.1 million at 33.8% Al2O3 (Country Report, Malawi)
Kyanite    Known deposit
Location: Tsangano area        
Lime (slaked and Agricultural)    Vast resources
Location: Mainly South and Northern Malawi    25,895 tons (USGS)
    
Monazite    Known deposit        
Phosphate    Known deposit
Location: Tundulu Carbonatite        2.017/%P2O5 million tonnes/grade (Country Report, Malawi)
Pyrochlore     Known deposit
Location: Tundulu and Ilomba Hills        
Semi-precious stones (Aquamarine, amethyst, tourmaline)    Extracted    1 620 kilograms (USGS)    
Strontianite    Known deposit
Location: Kangankunde Carbonatite        11.0 million tonnes at 8.0% Strontianite(Country Report, Malawi)
Titanium sands    Known deposit
Location: Makanjira, Tengani and Chipoka        1395/17 % million tonnes/grade (MIPA)
Uranium    Known deposit
Location: Kayerekera Deposit        2.4/0.26% Ur308 million tonnes/grade (Country Report, Malawi)
Vermiculite    Extracted
Location: Feremu Area (Middle Shire)        2.5 million tonnes at 4.9% (SADC Review)
Zirconium (In pegmatites)    Known deposit
Location: Thambani, Kasungu and Mlindi        


Malawi Investment Promotion Agency (MIPA) data: 2002 estimates
http://www.malawi-invest.net/  
SADC Review data: 2004 Estimate unless otherwise stated
http://www.sadcreview.com/
United States Geological Survey (USGS) data: 2005 estimates
http://www.usgs.gov/
Energy Information Administration (EIA) data: 2006 estimates
http://www.eia.doe.gov/
Country Report, Malawi: Data published on the Mining Journal Online.
Malunga, Grain W. P, ‘Country Report, Malawi’ in www.mining-journal.com, 27 June 2006
Oil & Gas Journal (OGJ) data: January 2007 estimates
http://www.ogj.com/



http://www.malawi.gov.mw/Home%20Bussiness.htm
http://www.malawi-invest.net/inves_opp_min.html
http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/2005/mimyb05.pdf
http://www.sadcreview.com/country_profiles/malawi/malawi.htm
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/SADC/Background.html
http://www.mining-journal.com/registered/Annual_Review_Article.aspx?articleid=7307