Saindak Copper Gold Mine is located near Saindak town in Chagai District of Balochistan Pakistan The discovery of copper deposits at Saindak was made in the 1970s in collaboration with a Chinese engineering firm The Saindak Copper Gold Project was set up by Saindak Metals Ltd a company fully owned by the Government of Pakistan by the end of 1995 at a cost of PKR 13 5 billion