Uzbekistan has the fourth largest gold reserves in the world. This country extracts 80 tons of gold from mines every year, which is the seventh in the world. Uzbekistan's copper reserves are 10th in the world and its uranium reserves are 12th. Uranium production of this country is seventh in the world. The National Gas Company of Uzbekistan ranks 11th in the world with an annual production of ٖ60-70 billion cubic meters (2.1-2.5 billion cubic feet) of natural gas. The country has significant untapped oil and gas reserves: 194 hydrocarbon reserves, including 98 natural gas and gas condensate reserves, are located in Uzbekistan.
