Zabaykalye region intends to implement a pilot project of granting individual entrepreneurs patents to extract gold at lesser deposits and alluvial sites. The project will solve the problem of illegal extraction of gold in the region. The entrepreneurs will be given small sites, rejected by major companies. (Ukrainian metal)
The development of the Tekhutskoye mine has not been stopped, it has just been suspended, and the operation will start in late 2018 – early 2019. The program to develop the copper-molybdenum deposits was approved by the government in November 2007. The deposit is the second largest in the country as to copper reserves after…
Mine named after Matrosov, a part of Polyus, plans this year to mine 5 tons of gold at the Natalkinskoye deposits in Magadan region. When the project reaches its full capacity, the output will total 12 tons per year. Together with other enterprises, Natalka could bring the combines gold output of the region to 40…
In 2017 Berezitovsky Mine LLC, a part of Nordgold, produced 2.933 tons (94.3 thousand ounces) of gold, up by 18% YoY. According to the company press-service, the increase has to do with the growth of the manufacturing efficiency as well as commissioning of the third stage of the quarry. Last year the company mined some…
The project on the development of the Durminskoye gold-silver deposits will require 3 billion rubles. “We are prepared to start developing the site this year. But now the issue of financing is critical. We’re negotiating with a potential investor”, the Eastern Mining-Ore Company LLC CEO Anatoly Petukhov said. By 2018 the company has carried out…
In January-February Russia increased the manufacture of raw and semi-raw gold by 2% YoY. According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, in February output grew by 9.5% YoY and by 40.4% MoM. (Ukrainian metal)
Full-scale operations in Kyzyl, a large gold mine in the East Kazakhstan region, will start in 2019. “Using state-of-the-art technologies, the Bakyrchik Ore Mining and Processing Enterprise is developing a gold deposit with a capacity of 2 million tons of ore per annum. The project will reach the ultimate capacity in 2019 “, Deputy Head…
As of March 1, Magadan region obtained 2516 kg of gold, up by 18% YoY. At present only ore gold is mined. Alluvial season will start in May. Silver output so far has totaled 101.2 tons, down by 13.7% YoY. The decrease, seen since last year, has to do with the scheduled drop in output…