Pakistan is the 36th largest country in the world, which is strategically located in South East Asia. It has common borders with India, China, Iran and Afghanistan. Spread over 796,096 square kilometres it's landscape is a blend of plains, deserts, plateaus and mountains. Country is blessed with abundant reserves of minerals especially in the mountainous region of KP, Gilgit/Baltistan, Baluchistan, and Punjab. New deposits of Chromite ore, Titanium ore, Copper ore, Iron ore, Talc (soap stone), Bauxite, Bentonite, Gypsum Alabaster / Selenite, milky Quartz, China clay and salt, have been discovered recently.