The Main State Expertise Service of Russia has approved design documentation for the reconstruction of the Duetskaya non-ferrous metals processing factory. The factory is situated in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and is intended for the processing of gold-containing ore from the Duet deposit discovered in 1950. Output at the deposit amounts to 120 thousand…
The Far Eastern department of Russia’s Federal Mineral Resources Agency plans to hold an auction for a 25-year license for the Bakhtarnaksky gold deposit, located in the Zabaikalsky region, with a starting bid of 48.4 million rubles, on October 21. Bids are collected until September 21. The deposit’s resources are estimated at 10 tons of…
Russia’s production of unrefined, semi-refined or powdered gold decreased by 2.2% YoY, but rose by 16.1% MoM in July, the Federal State Statistics Service reported. In January-July, production of gold fell by 0.9% YoY. No absolute figures were disclosed. (Prime/Ukrainian metal)
Lena Miners Team LLC, developing alluvial sites in Irkutsk region, has this year extracted 155.3 kg of gold, up by 10.4% YoY. This year, the output target is 200 kg. Last year, the company extracted 350.3 kg of gold with the target of 355 kg. The alluvial season will last until the end of September…
The Russian government has ordered to auction the right to develop the Kyuchus gold and silver deposit in Yakutia in 2021 with a starting price of 2.21 billion rubles. The deposit shall be used for the purposes of geological study, exploration and production of gold, silver and the associated components and the use of mining…
In January-July, Irkutsk region produced 12.331 tons of gold, down by 11% YoY. Alluvial gold output decreased by 9%, to 4.02 tons, and ore gold – by 12%, to 8.3 tons. The decrease was due to the drop in output at two enterprises developing ore deposits and two – alluvial sites. They are Vysochaishiy, Ugakhan…
Gold mining in Azerbaijan increased by 1.1% and amounted to 2,058 kg in January-July. Silver mining increased by 12.6%, to 2,786 kg. The extracted gold and silver have already been passed for processing. As of August 1, 256,2 kg of mined gold and 194.5 kg of silver stocks were kept in the warehouses of the…
In January-July, Magadan region extracted 26.7 tons of gold, up by 4% YoY. Silver output grew by 5%, to 356.68 tons. Ore gold accounted for the lion’s share of the output – 18.13 tons, up by 7%. This year, it is planned to mine 30.71 tons of ore gold. Alluvial gold output grew by 3%,…