In January-August Irkutsk region extracted 16,118 kg of gold, up by 1% YoY. Ore gold companies accounted for the most output – 9,437 kg, up by 1.7% YoY. In particular, Polyus Verninskoye produced 5,341 kg, while Vysochaishiy and its daughter company Ugakhan – 3,346 kg. Druze LLC extracted the least gold – 750 kg. Alluvial…
Information of the government on Kumtor was included in September work schedule of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan. The Cabinet of Ministers should report on the fulfillment of resolutions of the Parliament dated February 26, 2015 and June 29, 2015. At the same time, the Committee on Fuel, Energy Complex and Subsoil Use will first consider…
Russian gold producer Polyus has finished drilling at the Sukhoi Log gold field and plans to finish the project’s feasibility study before 2021, CEO Pavel Grachyov announced. “We finished the drilling program we started in 2017. It was an important and capital-intensive stage. We are now analyzing drilling samples, which would take several months. We…
“No new land was allocated to Kumtor for geological exploration. At least 16,000 hectares were allocated back in 1994 and 1997,” Karybek Ibraev, Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use of Kyrgyzstan, announced. According to him, the territory of Sarychat-Ertash nature reserve is clearly set by a government decree. The…
Altyn Plc reports the restoration of gold output volumes in July after the drop in H1 due to the machinery breakage and delays in drilling programs. Losses before interest in H1 totaled $603 thousand as opposed to profit of $603 thousand in January-June 2018. The company is negotiating a loan of $17 million to spend…
Information that the government of Kyrgyzstan, under a new agreement with Centerra Gold, allegedly agreed to allocate 16,000 hectares of land in Sarychat-Ertash nature reserve for gold mining appeared on social networking websites. Chairman of Kyrgyzaltyn OJSC Almaz Alimbekov denied the information. According to him, the territory of the concessional area, including 16,000 hectares, is…
Kyrgyzstan has managed to increase receipts under a strategic agreement with Centerra Gold, head of Kyrgyzaltyn Almazbek Alimbekov announced at a press conference at the Government. According to him, as a result of long negotiations, the Kyrgyz Government has managed to conclude an agreement with Centerra Gold, increasing receipts to $150 million. “For example, under…
Government of Kyrgyzstan hopes that operation of Kumtor mine will be extended for 5-6 years. According to the head of Kyrgyzaltyn OJSC Almazbek Alimbekov, Centerra Gold has already allocated $24 million for exploration. “The work was carried out by local companies, so the money remained in the country. If the mine will operate for other…
