Kazakhstan: PM visits gold refinery in Astana

Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov has visited metallurgical enterprise of Astana. The head of the government checked the process of fulfillment of the President’s instructions on diversification of economy and implementation of investment projects. In particular, he visited the LLP Tau-Ken Altyn gold refinery specializing in purification of gold from other metals, substances and alloys. Since…

Kyrgyzstan: gold potential reaches 4,000 tons

Kyrgyzstan has more than 5,000 deposits of various minerals, including gold, rare earth elements, uranium, thorium and other valuable metals, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources Narynbek Satybaldiev has announced at a briefing. According to approved government data, gold reserves in Kyrgyzstan amount to just over 1,000 tons. However, geologists estimate the country’s total resource at…

Kyrgyzstan: Kara-Balta to produce gold bars

A gold bar production workshop is expected to be opened in Kara-Balta city as part of a state project, the city mayor Milan Zhekshenov has announced. According to him, the construction and reconstruction of the building of the workshop have been fully completed – the area of ​​the facility is 1,500 square meters. The total…