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According to the South Korean Ministry of Industry and the recent statistics, South Korean domestic mineral production last year amounted to 1.064 billion US dollars, a slight increase over the previous year and 0.94%. In this production quotas, removed some imports, domestic production was only 86 billion won (1,300 won in 1 dollars), compared to the previous year an increase of 6%. South Korea's main mineral production is limestone, gold, silver, silica, kaolin, feldspar and lead. Last year, South Korea's demand for minerals amounted to 3.947 billion US dollars, of which 73% on imports from abroad. Last year, South Korea exported minerals worth 1.33 billion US dollars and imports amounted to 2.84 billion US dollars. To meet the ever-increasing demand for minerals, the Korean government will invest 49.59 billion won this year, to strengthen the mineral exploration and drilling.