Russia: Vitim extracts 2.7 tons of gold

Since the start of the washing season Vitim, developing alluvial sites in Irkutsk region, has extracted 2,693 kg of gold, down by 4% YoY. The operation at the sites will traditionally end in November. This year the company intends to extract 2,800 kg of gold. In 2018 the output totaled 2,936 kg of gold. (Ukrainian…

Russia: new gold filed found in North Osetia

Prospectors have discovered a new promising gold-quartz-sulfide and gold-quartz Baukomskaya field in the mountainous parts of the Zakkadon River valley in the Republic of North Osetia – Alania. The R3 reserves on the area of 18 square km are estimated at 213 tons with gold content of 1.78 g per ton. The R1 potential could…

Russia: Plamya gold output down in 2019

This year the Plamya miners team, operating in the Republic of Sakha, extracted 170 kg of alluvial gold, down by 110 kg from the target. The output decreased because of the thinning of reserves at licenses sites and the late start of the washing season. The company operated at the Komagin and Sygynakh sites from…