Several gold-extracting projects will be carried out in Irkutsk region.
Polyus intends to commission the Sukhoi Log deposits by 2026. The capacity of the gold-extracting factory is expected at 30 million tons of ore with the average gold output at 1.6 million ounces per year. Investments will total $2-2.5 billion.
Meanwhile Polyus Verninskoye has received an approval for two projects at the Verninskoye deposits. The first project is the reconstruction of the tailings, while the second is the construction of the water intake facility to provide the Verninsky Mining and Processing Works, and the village of Kropotkin in future, with water. (Ukrainian metal)