Russia: Kurilgeo gold output down in 2019

In 2019, Kurilgeo LLC, developing gold sites in Sakhalin, received 3.5 billion rubles from the sales, on par with the previous year results. Net profit decreased by 6.4%, to 971.8 million rubles. Tax payments exceeded 1.4 billion rubles, including 1.1 billion rubles of profit tax. Last year, the company produced 1106 kg of gold, down…

Russia: Ust-Kara profit up in 2019

In 2019, Priisk Ust-Kara, developing alluvial gold deposits in Zabaikalye region, increased net profit 2.7-fold, to 553.9 million rubles. Revenue grew from 1587.3 million rubles to 2546.1 million rubles. Sales profit increased 2-fold, to 685.9 million rubles. Last year the company extracted 863 kg of gold. This year the output is expected to remain at…

Russia: gold output up in 2019

In 2019, Russia extracted 367.952 tons of gold, up by 12% YoY. 286.563 tons accounted for extracted gold, up by 9.5%. Auxiliary gold totaled 18.134 tons, up by 17.4%. And the rest accounted for gold-containing concentrates and secondary precious metal. Polyus provided almost a quarter of all ore gold – 88.36 tons, up by 16.4%.…

Russia: Priisk Solovievskiy starts alluvial gold season

Priisk Solovievskiy LLC has started washing season at the alluvial gold sites in Amur and Zabaikalye regions. Four dredgers have been commissioned after repairs. Two are operating at the Oldoy quarry in Amur region. Solovievskiy ore deposit is operating in normal mode. In Zabaikalye region, operation has started at the Zabaikalskiy quarry. In January-February, the…