Armenia: Lydian International CEO steps down

Lydian International President and CEO Joao Carrelo is stepping down, the company said in a news release. It said Carrelo was leaving the position effective from June 12 “as part of the company’s restructuring program”. Lydian also announced that the board of directors had appointed Edward Sellers, a current member of the board of directors,…

Russia: Vitim obtains 430 kg of gold

Since the start of the washing season the Vitim team has extracted 429 kg of gold on the territory of the Irkutsk region. Last year the result was 408 kg. This year the enterprise intends to obtain 2800 kg of gold. Thus, the output plan has been 15.3% fulfilled. In 2018 the yield was 2936…

Russia: Ukonik to yield first gold in 2023

Hort-V LLC (Moscow), which owns a license to develop the Ukonikskoye deposit in Zabaikalye region, intends to start extracting gold in 2023. Annual ore output will reach 800 thousand tons. The company plans to construct a gold-extraction factory with the design capacity of 2 tons per year in the first phase. Later the capacity will…