Ann: ASX Small and Mid-Cap Conference 2021, page-46

Afghanistan is in total chaos with an extreme religious sect having assumed control and various warlords still controlling sections of the country which the Taliban will need to deal with - the Taliban will need foreign exchange and so might facilitate a mining operation but I would have thought they will have their hands full certainly in the short term consolidating their control over the country and attempting to set up a functional government.

I doubt that China is going to be able to get a mine operation up and running, with some processing and then export in the near future even if they brought in their own mining team, equipment etc.

The Taliban probably see drug cultivation as the faster short term income generator as it has been their and Afghanistan's and main source of funds for a long time.