Russia’s Federal Mineral Resources Agency has granted a license to develop the Sukhoi Log gold deposit to SL Zoloto, a joint venture between miner Polyus and state conglomerate Rostec, Polyus said in a statement. Polyus plans to perform additional geological survey and design a feasibility study with the help of international consultants in the next…
In 2016 the Petropavlovsk Group opened the Elginskoye gold deposits (Amur region). The reserves at the deposits are estimated at 56.2 million tons of ore with 72 tons of gold and 14 tons of silver. “I believe that Elgisnkoye deposits hides much more in terms of resources and reserves. It is much larger than our…
In 2016 Russia exported 22.4 tons of gold, down by 43% YoY, while the output remained on the previous year level. Though there is still no data on January-November 2016 output the Union of gold-miners expects the figure to be on the level of 295-297 tons. Central bank bought the most gold on the local…
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree confirming the victory of a joint venture between miner Polyus and state conglomerate Rostec in an auction for Russia’s biggest gold deposit Sukhoi Log with a 9.4 million-ruble bid, according to a document released on the government Web site. Natural Resources and Environment Minister Sergei Donskoi said…
In January Magadan region mined 930.8 kg of gold, up by 223.8 kg YoY, and 60.4 tons of silver, down by 14.5 tons. The decrease in silver output has been planned due to the industrial programs of the main silver-mining companies. The leader of the winter gold mining was the Severo-Evensk city district with 382.8…
U.K.-registered gold producer Petropavlovsk Plc, which operates in Russia, can start paying dividends after 2018, CEO Pavel Maslovsky declared. The company set a condition that dividend payments would start once a debt to EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) ratio is below 2 to 1, in December 2014 during loan refinancing. “Now the…
The licenses of two gold mining companies in Kyrgyzstan were suspended, the State Committee of Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use reported. The license of «Aksyaltyn Gold» LLC, which produces placer gold in Chon-Alai district of Osh region, and the license of «Andash Mining Company» LLC, mining gold in Talas region, were suspended. Licenses of other…
In January one of the leading gold-miners of Irkutsk region – Druza – mined 56.3 kg of gold. At present gold is mined only at the Nevskoye deposits. Operation at other deposits will commence in March. In 2017 the company plans to keep the last year levels of output. In 2016 Druza mined 1130 kg…