TEHRAN- Underway mining and related industries projects require 104 trillion rials (about $2.311 billion) of investment to be completed, according to Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) Mehdi Karbasian.

The official also said that exploration plans should be seriously followed up in order to discover new mines and stressed the necessity of applying modern technology in this due, IRNA reported.

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