The mining volume of gold ore in Kazakhstan reached 7.1 million tons in the first quarter
According to the Energyprom website of Kazakhstan, in the first quarter of this year, the mining volume of gold ore in Kazakhstan reached 7.1 million tons, an increase of 26.4% year on year. Among them, the mining volume of three states, namely, Accra, Karaganda and East Kazakhstan, accounts for 79.3% of the total. Kazakhstan's gold concentrate output in the first quarter reached 124800 tons, up 25.9% year on year. Among them, East Kazakhstan and Karaganda have the highest output. In addition, the output of unprocessed, semi-processed and powdered gold was 29.2 tons, an increase of 13.3% year on year, including 7.6 tons of refined gold, 8.3 tons of Dol alloy, 127 kg of cathode gold and 12 kg of gold powder. One third of the gold processing volume in Kazakhstan comes from the capital Nur Sudan, with 9.2 tons, followed by East Kazakhstan and Akmora.
In addition, Kazakhstan's gold mining industry is also further expanding. According to media reports in the state of Gambur, Kazakhstan, recently Montera Qasaqstan is building a new gold mining and metallurgical plant in the region. The cost of the plant is estimated to be 1.9 billion US dollars, and the planned capacity will reach 10 tons of gold annually.
It is understood that Montera Kazakhstan Branch is a subsidiary of Germany's Montera Group AG. Since 2016, the company has been carrying out geological exploration in the Karatas-Maybulak gold mine area in Gamble, and is currently constructing mining and metallurgical plants. According to the report of the company, the C1+C2 reserves of Karatas-Meibulak Gold Mine are 45 tons, and the predicted resource amount is 95.7 tons.
