Huge deposits of rock salt are located in the Salt Range in Punjab Province and in Kohat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Salt mining has been traditionally carried out by the Government since annexation of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the British rule, but recently some private parties have also started salt mining. Detailed exploration and evaluation of these deposits by GSP proved the existence of inexhaustible reserves of rock salt in the Salt Range. The reported average annual production is more than 2 Million Tons. About 40% of the total output is consumed by soda ash, castic soda in leather industries and rest is marketed for domestic / human consumption. A certain amount of rock salt is also exported to a number of countries.

From Ras Koh (Charkohan area) Siah Koh and Sotkinoh in Chagai District of Balochistan. The manganese deposits are also reported from Zhob district occur in altered siliceous limestone associated with pillow lava of Cretaceous age. The manganese localities in Zhob district of Balochistan are at Naweoba and Warsak Killi area.Present estimate of available ore, in the country, is over 6.000 million tones.