Kazakhstan: gold output up in 2017
In 2017 Kazakhstan produced 85029 kg of gold, up by 13.8% YoY. According to the Ministry of the national economy, silver output dropped by 10.8%, to 1058605 kg. (Ukrainian metal)
Russia: Irkutsk region gold output up in 2017
In 2017 Irkutsk region obtained 22903 kg of gold, including 12115 kg of ore gold and 10788 kg of alluvial gold. The total output increased by 1.3% YoY, with alluvial gold share down by 3.7%, and ore gold up by 6.2%. 26 enterprises were extracting gold in the region in 2017. 5 of them provided…
Russia: Mangazeya Zoloto to double gold output in 2018
Russian gold producer Mangazeya Zoloto plans to raise production by 95%, to 1.5 tons in 2018, CEO and owner Sergei Yanchukov declared. The company will nearly triple geological exploration spending to 350 million rubles this year to increase the Baikal region reserves of the group to over 100 tons, he said. Production of the Savkino…
Russia: Magadan region gold output up in 2017
In 2017 Magadan region obtained almost 33 tons of gold, up by 5 tons YoY. Pavlik developing the deposits of the same name mined 6.5 tons of gold. Susumanzoloto is still the best alluvial gold extractor – 4 tons. This year the region intends to increase output. In particular, the new mine named after Matrosov…
Kyrgyzstan: Ala-Buka district residents protest against gold field development
Residents of Oruktu village oppose development of Solomo gold deposit. According to them, in 2015 the company KGM Ltd. received a license to develop the field. At the same time, it pledged to pay 300,000 soms a month as a social package. However, the payments ceased after eight months. As of today, the company owes…
Russia: Petropavlovsk obtains 13.6 tons of gold in 2017
In 2017 Petropavlovsk Plc produced 13.62 tons of ore gold in Amur region, or 53% of the total output. The output increased by 9.7% YoY, or by 1.2 tons. The increase was provided by 3 out of 4 company mines: Pioner, Albyn and Malomyr. Pokrovsky mine decreased output. (Ukrainian metal)
Russia: Gorniy site starts yielding gold
Kanchalano-Amguemskaya Ploschad LLC has begun industrial gold-extracting at the Gorniy site of the Zhilnoye deposits in Chukotka. The first ore has been sent to the gold-extracting factory of the Valunisty mine, and the first ingots are expected this month. By the end of the second quarter the company intends to have obtained 505 kg of…
Russia: Priisk Solovievsky gold output up in 2017
In 2017 Priisk Solovievsky, which extracts gold in Amur and Zabaikalye regions, obtained 3.5 tons of gold, up by 40% YoY, or by 1 ton. The main volume – 3127 kg – was mined in Amur region deposits. The rest was obtained from alluvial gold sites in Zabaikalye. The increase has to do with the…