In January-August the Republic of Buryatia extracted 3482.8 kg of gold, down by 2% YoY. In particular, ore gold accounted for 2269.8 kg, on par with the previous year results. The republic has also obtained 1213 kg of alluvial gold, down by 5%. In January-July gold output totaled 2929.7 kg, up by 7% YoY. (Ukrainian…
In January-August Chukotka Autonomous District extracted 16.38 tons of gold, down by 5% YoY. 14.52 tons accounted for ore gold, with 1.86 tons provided by alluvial sites. Silver output decreased by 15%, to 74.98 tons. In January-August 2017 gold output was 17.18 tons and silver – 87.85 tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Russian gold producer Polyus has retained its gold output forecast for 2018 unchanged, CEO Pavel Grachyov declared. “Yes, I can confirm our forecast. We are approaching the upper limit of a 2.375-2.425 million ounces range in a comfortable manner. The plan for 2019 is 2.8 million ounces,” he said. The Natalka gold mine continues to…
Omega LLC has finished the gold washing season of 2018. The result was 320 kg of alluvial gold, with the target at 304 kg. The output grew by 14% YoY. The company is developing gold deposits in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). It has 4 licenses for Lazo, Bilir, Bolshoy Delegenyakh and the Bilir Brook…
The government of Sverdlovsk region has approved the removal of over 300 hectares of forests on the territory of Bilimbayevskoye and Nizhne-Tagilskoye forestries. The former will lose the largest part (254 ha). The sites thus retrieved will be used to extract ore gold and platinum at Kostarevskiy gold-bearing site and Rublevikskaya platinum alluvial site. (Ukrainian…
Kinross Gold intends to commission the project to develop Moroshka gold deposits in Chukotka Autonomous District by the end of the year. At present the construction works are nearing their end at the site. Ore mining will start in Q4. The deposits will be in development in 2019-2020. After the mine is commissioned the annual…
The department on subsoil use in Central-Siberian district has declared Zoloto Ynykchana LLC the winner of the auction to prospect and develop an alluvial gold site in Irkutsk region. With the initial price of 79 thousand rubles the company has offered 114.968 million rubles, or 1.46 times more. Another license – for alluvial gold site…
In January-August Electrum plus LLC, a part of Susumanzoloto, developing the Vetrenskoye deposits, extracted 250 kg of gold, having processed 108 thousand tons of ore. The output has slightly decreased compared with January-August 2017 mostly due to the drop of average gold contents in ore. By the end of the year the company intends to…