STEPANAKERT. – A new deposit of natural building stone has been discovered in Nagorno-Karabakh, adviser to the president of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic on geology said.

Grigory Gabrielyants noted that Geological Service of NKR discovered and explored deposits of marbleized limestone, tuff and dacite porphyry over the last two years.

“Non-metallic mineral exploration is one of the target programs of Karabakh government. We have to provide the republic with its own construction base,” he told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The field of marbleized limestone is estimated at millions of cubic meters.

“Our state committee on reserves has not made ​​an official estimate of resources for exploration of non-metallic minerals. Therefore, we have not yet issued the license. However, the private sector is interested in this white stone. Due to its characteristics, it can become competitive not only within the limits of Armenia and Artsakh, but also on foreign markets,” Gabrielyants said.