Russia: Irokinda gold output up in 2020

In 2020, the Irokinda Mine, a part of Nordgold, increased gold output by 3% YoY, to 39.6 thousand ounces. The volume of gold-containing ore mining remained unchanged at 304 thousand tons. Gold output increase was due to the growth of ore processing by 1%, to 319 thousand tons, as well as gold content by 4%,…

Russia: Kamchatka gold output up in 2020

In 2020, Kamchatka Autonomous District increased gold output by 9% YoY, to 6863 kg. 6 enterprises mined gold last year. In particular, the Trevozhnoye Zarevo, developing the Asachinskoye deposit, increased output by 8%, to 1402 kg, and Kamchatskoye Zoloto produced 1049 kg, up by 68%. The output of SiGMA at the Ozernovskoye deposit amounted to…

Ukraine: 7 gold deposits accounted for

Ukraine now has 7 gold ore deposits, 5 of which have special allowances. “The Muzhiyevskoye deposit is already yielding gold”, the State Service of Geology and Subsoil chairman Roman Opimakh has declared. Last year, 8 electronic auctions were announced with 70 lots. 58 special allowances were sold for over 826 million UAH. This year, over…

Russia: Yakutia gold output up in 2020

In 2020, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) extracted 39 tons of gold, up from 36.5 tons in 2019. This was the record-high result for Yakutia and the third largest in Russia. The Taborniy and Gross mines of Nordgold yielded the most gold – 355.3 thousand ounces (11.05 tons). Polyus Aldan extracted 7.5 tons of gold…

Russia: Chukotka gold output down in 2020

Gold production on Russia’s Chukotka peninsula decreased by 0.16% YoY, to 25.42 tons in 2020, a representative of the regional government’s department for natural resources and environment reported in January 19. Production of silver fell by 4.99%, to 106.105 tons. Production of Chukotka Mining and Geological Company, a unit of Kinross Gold, fell by 5.4%,…