Drazhnik LLC, a daughter company of Susumanzoloto, for the first time in its history put its dredger into operation in March (on March 25).
Usually dredgers start working in late April.
All the other 7 dredgers will be commissioned shortly.
The company will be operating at 8 sites.
Last year Drazhnik yielded 1803.6 kg of gold, up from 1652.5 kg in 2017. (Ukrainian metal)