It has been established that there are indications that Pakistan has a significant potential of gold, particularly in the folded belt regions (Northern Mountain belt, Island Arc system), its association with volcanogenic sequences, porphyry copper and in shear zones. In the Northern Areas, spread of gold anomalies is concentrated along the Main Karakorum Thrust (MKT) within each geologic unit. The distribution of gold anomalies, obtained through geochemical sampling, it varies between 2ppm to 330 ppm in this area. Gold panning was in practice at several places in the northern areas now constituting Pakistan along the course of Indus River and its tributes before partition. Locally some gold is still produced in these areas, Precambrian shield rocks exposed in Chiniot area of Punjab and Tharparkar area of Sindh are also favourable for localization of gold deposits. Large scale production of gold and silver along with copper has started from Saindak porphyry copper deposits in Chagai District of Balochistan.