In January-March Chukotka yielded 5.323 tons of gold, down by 5% YoY.
Silver output totaled 27.5 tons.
Chukotka Mining and Geological Company, a part of Kinross Gold, was the leader in gold mining, having obtained 2.408 tons, up by 86.9 kg YoY. Silver output reached 24.586 tons.
Rudnik Karalveyem (Auramine Resources) mined 403.8 kg of gold, up by 97 kg.
In 2017 the region mined 25.3 tons of gold, down by 13.3% YoY, silver output dropped by 19.6%, to 130.8 tons. (Ukrainian metal)