In January-March Irkutsk region mined 2220 kg of ore gold, down by 17% YoY, or by 444 kg.
At present gold is mined by Druza, Pervenets, a part of Polyus, and Vysochaishiy.
In particular, Druza mined 150.3 kg of gold, down by 5% YoY, Pervenets – 1267.9 kg, down by 1.6% YoY, and Vysochaishiy – 802 kg, down by 34%.
As of 2017 Irkutsk region has 34 enterprises registered in gold mining.
In 2016 the region mined 22771 kg of gold, including 11407.81 kg of ore gold and 11363.61 kg of alluvial gold. (Ukrainian metal)