In July-September Petropavlovsk Plc, extracting gold at four mines in Amur region, obtained 102 thousand ounces, on par with the corresponding period of 2017. Pioner provided 30.2 thousand ounces of gold, Pokrovsky – 0.7 thousand ounces, Malomyr – 32.6 thousand ounces and Albyn – 38.5 thousand ounces. In January-September gold output dropped by 10% YoY,…
As of today, one seat in the Board of Directors of Canadian company Centerra Gold Inc. is vacant, press service of Kyrgyzaltyn OJSC reported. According to it, changes were made in the company’s board. Powers of a board member, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Kyrgyzaltyn OJSC for Economy, Finance and Investments Bektur Sagynov were…
Chaarat Gold Holdings Limited made a proposal for the all-cash acquisition of the whole of Centerra at a premium of not less than 35% above Centerra’s prevailing share price, statement of Chaarat Gold says. The proposed price amounted to 2 billion Canadian dollars (about $1.52 billion.) As the company said, “the ultimate objective of this…
Centerra Gold Inc. has agreed with the government of the Kyrgyz Republic to further extend the First Longstop Date under the Strategic Agreement for Environmental Protection and Investment Promotion previously entered into with the government of the Kyrgyz Republic on September 11, 2017. The First Longstop Date was extended until January 31, 2019, statement of…
Kyrgyzaltyn OJSC commented on speculations about possible sale of Centerra Gold’s shares and Kumtor project to a Chinese company Shadong Gold. Kyrgyzaltyn sent a request to the Canadian investors to clarify the information. They replied that since Centerra Gold was a public company, it could receive various offers from third parties, including Chinese investors, about…
The Subsoil Use Licensing Commission denied Alliance Altyn’s application for obtaining permission to pledge a license for development of Jerooy gold deposit in a bank for taking a loan, the State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use of Kyrgyzstan reported. The commission denied the application due to litigation over the accrued fines under the…
In January-September Trevozhnoye Zarevo, developing the Asachinskoye deposits in Kamchatka, extracted 920 kg of gold and 2.8 tons of silver. Gold output grew by 16.5% YoY and that of silver – more than 2-fold. In January-September 2017 the output was 790 kg of gold and 1.4 tons of silver. This year the company intends to…
Russian gold producer Polymetal International has agreed to sell the Kapan gold ore field in Armenia to Chaarat Gold, which mines gold in Kyrgyzstan, for $55 million, Polymetal said in a statement on October 30. “Polymetal International Plc has signed a legally binding agreement with Chaarat Gold Holdings Limited to sell the Kapan mine in…