The strategically important Parwan has vast rich land and the province is known for having natural reservoirs of quality plumbum and zing.
Parwan has 15 kinds of natural resources such as coal, gems, zing, plumbum, copper, iron, chromites, marble and quartos in SurkhParsa, Ghorband, Syahgird, Kohi Safi, Salang and JabalSaraj districts.
In addition, large scale mine of pegmatite exists in Charikar, the provincial capital.
