Peru Metal Reserves
USGS reports 9 commodities with a reserve or production figure for Peru, led by Silver at 18.03% of the reported global reserve.
USGS assesses roughly 90 mineral commodities worldwide each year, but only compiles a country-level reserve or production breakdown for a given commodity where the underlying data supports one — the table below is every commodity that condition is met for in Peru. Each row pairs the reserve quantity with its share of the reported global total and last year's production, so it's possible to see at a glance which commodities this country is significant in and which it merely reports a smaller figure for.
Global Reserve Share by Commodity
Peru's Reported Commodities
| Commodity | Category | Reserve | Global Reserve Share | 2025 Production | Global Production Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadmium | Strategic | 600 metric tons | 2.61% | 664 metric tons | 2.91% |
| Copper | Base | 85,000 thousand metric tons, copper content | 8.67% | 340 thousand metric tons, copper content | 1.17% |
| Gold | Precious | 2,200 metric tons (gold content) | 3.33% | 110 metric tons (gold content) | 3.33% |
| Iron Ore | Base | 1,000 million metric tons, iron content | 1.15% | 21,000 thousand metric tons, usable ore | 0.81% |
| Lead | Base | 5,000 thousand metric tons (lead content) | 5.26% | 290 thousand metric tons (lead content) | 6.44% |
| Molybdenum | Base | 1,000 metric tons (molybdenum content) | 5.88% | 39,000 metric tons (molybdenum content) | 15.00% |
| Silver | Precious | 110,000 metric tons (silver content) | 18.03% | 3,600 metric tons (silver content) | 13.85% |
| Tin | Base | 150,000 metric tons (tin content) | Not calculated | 33,000 metric tons (tin content) | 11.38% |
| Zinc | Base | 18,000 thousand metric tons (zinc content) | 7.50% | 1,500 thousand metric tons (zinc content) | 11.54% |
