Tajikistan: KRL to mine gold at Pakrut

By the end of the year KrysoResourcesLImited (China) intends to have mined 207 kg of gold at the Pakrut deposits. Gold output is expected to increase to 1-1.5 tons per year. The company started developing Pakrut in 2012. Since then investments have totaled $180 million, and $76 million more are needed. At present the project…

Russia: Petropavlovsk gold output up in 2017

In 2017 Petropavlovsk Plc increased gold output by 9.8% YoY, to 439.6 thousand ounces (13.7 tons), while the plan was 420-460 thousand ounces. The prime cost of the gold manufacture last year was over $700 per ounce, higher than the expected range of $600-700 per ounce. Gold sales totaled 439.8 thousand ounces at the average…

Armenia: Lydian’s gold mine pre-operationally certified under ICMC

Lydian Armenia announced on January 24 that Lydian International’s Amulsar Gold Mine in Armenia has been pre-operationally certified in compliance with the International Cyanide Management Code (ICMC/Cyanide Code). Lydian’s Amulsar Project is the first project worldwide to receive Pre-operational certification since revisions to the Code, published in 2016 – following amendments to the Code, and…