Sudan intends to allocate Belarus the second plot for gold mining near the Nile, Belarusian Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Minister Andrei Khudyk declared ahead of the Belarusian-Sudanese summit talks in Minsk. “The site is located closer to the Nile River, and, according to the preliminary estimates, might be gold-bearing especially given the close proximity…
In January-November Susumanzoloto extracted 5603.4 kg of gold with the plan being 5257 kg. The group enterprises are developing ore and alluvial gold sites in Magadan region and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). In particular, Drazhnik LLC yielded 1803.6 kg of gold, Chay-Urya zoloto LLC – 852.1 kg, Itkana LLC – 560.1 kg, Astra LLC…
Petropavlovsk has put into operation the processing of gold-containing concentrate at its first autoclave. As of early December 320 tons have been processed. The extraction is 93%, not much below the targeted 98%. The manufacture of gold from refractory ore, according to the company, will start in Q1 2019. The second autoclave is being commissioned,…
Societe Generale has issued a $100-million prepayment to the Russian gold producer GV Gold for gold supplies, the company said in a statement on December 6. Under the deal, GV Gold receives the full sum, and will supply about 3,000 ounces, or 93.3 kilograms of gold per month in the next three years. Payment for…
Employees of Eti Bakir Tereksai left their working places and do not go to work because of the provocation of individuals, Company CEO Mahir Tezdzhan reported. According to him, earlier law enforcement agencies detained 14 residents of Terek-Sai village for beating up company employees. On December 2 local residents held a rally demanding the release…
A meeting between representatives of Azerbaijan State University of Oil and Industry, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, scientists of the Azerbaijan’s National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) and a group of geologists was held in the administrative building of AzerGold CJSC on December 3. Chairman of the Board of AzerGold, Zakir Ibrahimov spoke…
As of December 3 Druza LLC has extracted 975.4 kg of gold in Irkutsk region, up by 5.6% YoY. Nevskoye gold ore deposits yielded 872.4 kg, with 103 kg obtained from alluvial sites. The company is developing alluvial gold sites in 3 districts of the region. This year Druza intends to extract 1030 kg of…
Vysochaishiy has received a license to use the Svetlovodskoye ore filed. The company has paid 697.44 million rubles to use the field ahead of schedule. R1 reserves are estimated at 61 tons, and R2 – at 59 tons. The average gold content is 2 g per ton. The size of the site is 40 square…