**MINERALS**

The mineral resources of Lebanon are few. There are deposits of high-grade iron ore and lignite; building-stone quarries; high-quality sand, suitable for glass manufacture. The Litani River hydroelectric project generates electricity and also has increased the amount of irrigated land for agriculture. Some others are limestone, iron ore, salt, water-surplus state in a water-deficit region, arable land, petroleum, natural gas, phosphates and sulfur.


**High-grade Iron Ore**


**Lignite**


**Sand**


**Hydroelectricity**


**limestone**


** iron ore**


** salt**


** water**


**petroleum**


**natural gas**


**phosphates**


**sulfur**