Russia: gold and silver output in Chukotka down in January-May 2018
In January-May Chukotka Autonomous District yielded 9.813 tons of gold, down by 5.8% YoY. At present, because of the weather conditions only ore gold is extracted in the region. Silver output dropped by 14.6%, to 49.117 tons. In January-April the leader in precious metals mining was the Chukotka Mining and Geological Company. At its Kupol…