Currently, the laboratory employs a total of 15 staff members engaged in scientific and practical research, including 2 Doctors of Sciences, 3 Candidates of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences (PhD), and 10 experienced specialists.

Main objective:
To develop scientific and methodological foundations in the field of studying hydromineral resources (groundwater mineral, thermal, and industrial waters) and uranium sources; to investigate their formation characteristics and distribution patterns; to conduct research aimed at improving the efficiency of exploration and geological prospecting; to monitor geological exploration activities for hydromineral resources; and to study and assess groundwater quality during uranium mining.

Services provided:

development of criteria and scientific-methodological bases for the exploration of hydromineral resources (groundwater mineral, thermal, and industrial waters) and uranium, as well as monitoring of exploration activities;

study of distribution patterns of hydromineral resources and uranium, as well as geological and hydrogeological formation conditions of their occurrence;

analysis of the economic efficiency of geological exploration and geological-economic substantiation of prospects for hydromineral resource utilization;

development of recommendations for establishing sanatorium-resort and health-improving facilities in areas with low utilization of groundwater mineral resources;

study of the potential use of underground thermal waters in various sectors of the economy (as alternative sources of electricity or heat energy, in greenhouse farming, fish farming, and development of health and wellness tourism facilities);

development of technological schemes for integrated extraction of gold, scandium, rhenium, niobium, beryllium, tantalum, rare and rare earth elements, critical metals, and strategically important elements from industrial groundwater;

assessment and reassessment of exploitable reserves and forecast resources of groundwater mineral waters;

development of groundwater quality monitoring programs in uranium mining areas;

development of innovative methods for exploration of deep-seated uranium deposits.

Achieved scientific and practical results:

maps of the distribution of underground industrial waters of the Republic of Uzbekistan (at scales 1:500,000 and 1:200,000) were developed;

maps of the distribution of underground thermal waters of the Republic of Uzbekistan (at scales 1:500,000 and 1:200,000) were developed;

maps of the distribution of underground mineral waters of the Republic of Uzbekistan (at scales 1:500,000 and 1:200,000) were developed;

an atlas of maps of underground mineral waters (scales 1:500,000 and 1:200,000) for the regions of Uzbekistan and the Republic of Karakalpakstan was compiled;

catalogs of underground mineral and thermal waters based on individual wells and springs across regions of Uzbekistan and Karakalpakstan were compiled;

distribution and перспективные areas of underground thermal waters in the regions of the republic were identified;

maps of promising underground thermal water fields were compiled;

recommendations for efficient use of underground thermal waters were developed;

the state of resorts and recreational resources based on underground mineral water deposits in the Fergana Valley was assessed;

classifications of resort-recreational, health, and leisure facilities in Andijan, Fergana, and Namangan regions were developed;

therapeutic potential of sanatorium-resorts based on underground mineral water resources in the Fergana Valley was studied;

possibilities for forming health and wellness clusters in the Fergana Valley were explored;

a catalog of existing and перспективные resort and recreational facilities based on springs and medicinal underground mineral waters in Andijan, Fergana, and Namangan regions was compiled;

maps (scale 1:200,000) reflecting resort-recreational, health, and tourism zones of Fergana, Namangan, and Andijan regions were developed;

recommendations for the development of resort-recreational, health, and ecotourism complexes based on underground mineral water resources in Fergana, Namangan, and Andijan regions were developed.