MINISTRY EXPECTS BIG INCREASE IN LODE GOLD MINING IN CHUKOTKA

摘要

Russia's Natural Resources Ministry is optimistic about the prospects for mining lode gold in Chukotka. "It's clear that 458 gold placers and just seven gold lodes indicates that very many lode gold deposits should be discovered in this promising region," Deputy Natural Resources Minister Alexei Varlamov said on at an April 3 meeting on the development strategy for Chukotka. The main prospective reserves are in lode deposits, he said. The regional administration's gold mining projections "correlate very well with our development assessments," Yarlamov said.