Russia: Chukotka gold output down in 2020

Gold production on Russia’s Chukotka peninsula decreased by 0.16% YoY, to 25.42 tons in 2020, a representative of the regional government’s department for natural resources and environment reported in January 19. Production of silver fell by 4.99%, to 106.105 tons. Production of Chukotka Mining and Geological Company, a unit of Kinross Gold, fell by 5.4%,…

Kyrgyzstan: gold ore exports decrease

“Thanks to construction of gold-processing plants, we are moving away from the practice of exporting ore and concentrates,” the acting Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Artem Novikov said at Dzhamgyr gold field. Vertex Gold Company is engaged in ore mining there. The company was the first to resume work after the October 2020 events. Thanks to…