Russian silver and gold producer Polymetal International will buy 5% in the Prognoz silver field for $3 million through an acquisition of 10% in Polar Silver Resources, which indirectly controls 50% in the field, Polymetal said in a statement. Polymetal also has an option for raising the stake in the field, located in the republic…
In January-October 2016 Russia produced 244.55 thousand tons of gold, up by 0.26% YoY. Silver output dropped by 9.9% YoY, to 897.65 tons. The first time when the Ministry of Finance provided precious metals output statistics was in 2014, when gold output reached 287.978 tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Gold output on the Urup Island of Russia’s Kuril Islands will fall by 100 kilograms to 1.583 tons in 2016, but silver output will rise to 4.274 tons from 3.327 tons, local precious metals producer Kurilgeo said. Despite the production cut, revenue from the sales of gold is to increase by 11% to 4.3 billion…
In January-November Chukotka companies mined 26.974 tons of gold, down by 9.78% YoY. Silver output grew by 7.19% YoY, to 149.96 tons. In particular, Kinross Gold decreased output by 9.7% YoY, to 19.537 tons of gold, while silver production went up by 5.8%, to 141.127 tons. Karalveyem Mine gold output dropped by 3.06% YoY, or…
In January-September Russia produced 214.12 tons of gold, down by 1.4% YoY. Silver output totaled 800.32 tons, down by 9.4% YoY.
Kurilgeo, the sole gold miner in Sakhalin region, plans to mine 1.6 tons of gold at its Urup island deposits. “In January-September we mined 1.2 tons of gold and 3.5 tons of silver, receiving 1.18 tons of gold and 3.42 tons of silver. Our plan is to receive 1.6 tons of gold this year”, a…
Since Polymetal Int bought Kapan mining and processing factory in April, it mined 181 thousand tons of ore. According to the company statement, in Q3 it mined 112 thousand tons. Average metal content in ore from May till September totaled 2.3 thousand ounces of gold, 46 million ounces of silver, 0.3% of copper, and 1.6%…
In January-September Chukotka mined 22.45 tons of gold, down by 11.52% YoY, while silver output went up by 8.7% YoY, to 125.04 tons. According to the department of industrial policy, construction and housing of the Chukotka Autonomous District, mining companies yielded 20.42 tons of gold, down by 12.3% YoY, while gravel deposits mining dropped by…