Editing Amur Oblast (section)

===Natural resources===
Amur Oblast has considerable reserves of many types of mineral resources; proven reserves are estimated to be worth US$400&nbsp;billion. Among the most important are gold (the largest reserves in Russia), silver, [[titanium]], [[molybdenum]], [[tungsten]], copper, and [[tin]]. There are also an estimated 70 billion tons of [[bituminous coal]] and [[lignite]] reserves. Probable iron deposits are estimated to be 3.8&nbsp;billion tons. The Garin deposit is fully explored and known to contain 389&nbsp;million tons of iron ore. Estimated reserves of the deposit are 1,293&nbsp;million tons. The deposit's ore contains a low concentration of detrimental impurities; the ore contains 69.9% iron. Amur Oblast is also a promising source of [[titanium]], with the Bolshoy Seyim deposit being the most important.<ref name="AllRegions">{{cite book|title=Russia: All Regions Trade & Investment Guide |publisher=CTEC Publishing LLC |year=2008 |chapter=Amur Region |url=http://www.russiasregions.com/79%20Amur%20Region.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715214750/http://www.russiasregions.com/79%20Amur%20Region.pdf |archive-date=July 15, 2011 }}</ref>