In January-February Irkutsk region yielded 2460.93 kg of gold, including 2460.3 kg of ore gold and 0.63 kg of alluvial gold.
The output increased by 33.8% YoY, or by 621.7 kg.
Moreover in January-February 2017 alluvial gold was not extracted.
Last year the region obtained 22903 kg of gold, including 12115 kg of ore gold and 10788 kg of alluvial gold. Output increased by 1.3% YoY, including alluvial gold down by 3.7%, and ore gold – up by 6.2%. (Ukrainian metal)