1. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS (16-20 September 2007, Tallinn) Vyda Elena Gasiūnienė Deputy director

2. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn Basic data Area – 65,3 sq.km Length of the Inland borders – 1747 km with in: Latvia – 610 km Belarus – 724 km Poland – 110 km Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation – 303 km Coastline – 99 km From east to west – 373 km From north to south – 267 km Population density - ~56 per sq.km

3. Consumed amount of mineral resources till 1900 1900–1950 1950–2000 3,0-6,0 1,5-3,0 1,5 Population, (mlrd). Period, year LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn

4. Increase of extraction is related with: LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn Technological progress and progress in science Growing number of the population in the world Efforts to maintain the standard of living

5. Extractive activity LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn Public concern How to satisfy a demand for mineral resources? How to mitigate or avoid the impact of extractive industry on the environment? Mineral resources are depleting both in the country and in the world... What will be with our descendants?

6. The framework, called sustainable development, has goals: LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn Economic prosperity Environmental health Social equity for societies – equal opportunities for our generation and for our descendants

7. The sustainable management of mineral resources implies: sound geological knowledge; harmonization of national legislation concerning access to mineral extraction and globalization of the resource market, irrespective of world’s political and state arrangement; proper implementation and strict enforcement of legislation; preparation of regional sustainable development plans, development of strategies at regional and transnational levels; providing educational awareness to the problems of living and working in environmentally sensitive areas (in our case peatlands are sensitive areas); sharing the experience of mining industry (which operates under strict environmental requirements and BAT); communicating with the local community (i.e. bridge from emotion to knowledge). LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn

8. Pyramid of the world raw materials – amount of annual extraction (2000, thousand tons, gas – mln. cub. m) (according to F.W.Velmer)

9. Pyramid of the world raw materials – value of annual extraction (2000, mln. €) (according to F.W.Velmer) LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn

10. MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF LITHUANIA, Scale 1:200 000

11. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn

12. 661 deposits: Resources explored in detail 990 deposits: Resources explored in general 373 areas: Prognostic reserves 33% 49% 18% In total: 2024 deposits and areas are investigated LITHUANIA’S MINERAL RESOURCES DEPOSITS AND AREAS, 2006 367 deposits under exploitation with in: 227 gravel 58 sand 51 peat 12 oil 8 clay 4 dolomite 3 limestone 2 sapropel 1 chalky marl 1 opoka

13. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn Number of enterprises 210 Number of deposits under the use 367 155 33 4 7 4 2 3 1 1 * 15 enterprises use 15 deposits of mineral water USE OF MINERAL RESOURCES, 2006

14. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn * Euro per kg

15. Mokesčiai į biudžetą už valstybinių gamtos (žemės gelmių) išteklių sunaudojimą (mln. litų) Naudingoji iškasena 199819992000200120022003200420052006 Nafta 22,211,243,782,588,658,143,830,835 Gėlas vanduo ~13~9,9~9,6 ~ 10,3~15,412,210,0~10,1~ 9~ 9 Kietosios naudingosios iškasenos + mineralinis vanduo ~4,3~4,7~5,0 5,45,56,0~7,0~8 Iš viso 39,525,858,397,8109,475,759,847,952 LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn

16. Extraction of solid mineral resources (without oil and peat) Oil extractionPeat extraction LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn Amount of explored resources

17. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn In total – 13297 thous.cub.m Structure of extracted mineral resources (thous. cub.m), 2006

18. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn In total – 13297 thous.cub.m (* thous.t)

19. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn Usually the depth of open pit mines and quarries are : –Gravel, sand, clay, peat, dolomite – 6-12 m –Limestone and opoka (gaize) – 15-20 m –Triassic clay – 50 m The thickness of overburden rocks in all quarries range from 0,5 m up to 7-10 m All these rocks (overbuden, useful mineral resources and tailings) are the rocks of our daily living environment, inert in chemical point of view The groundwater level is lowered by means of self flowing or pumping up in several quarries only (peat, limestone, dolomite, opoka, rarely sand) Usually overburden rocks and tailings are utilized for recultivation of excavated area (void) All mineral commodities, with the exception of oil, are mined only in the open pit mines and quarries

20. In total – 22,2 thousand ha or 0,34% of Lithuania’s territory are assigned to enterprises for extraction; LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn In total – 13,6 thousand ha or 0,2 % of Lithuania’s territory are damaged by extraction

21. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn Peat production sites in Lithuania, 2006

22. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn Peat resources in the counties of Lithuania, 2006

23. Mineral resources (explored in detail and general) in the counties, 2006 LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn