A placer gold deposit in the western Chukotka Autonomous District, Russian Federation, is for sale.
The deposit comprises three licensed areas. According to preliminary estimates, the total resource base of the area reaches 1.5-2 tons.
General characteristics of the deposit:
- gold - placer (in one area also man-made)
- reserves (categories A+B+C1) - 844 kg
- off-balance reserves - 141 kg
- forecast resources (category P1) - 278 kg (alluvial type), 644 kg (man-made type)
- average grade - from 1.36 to 5.71 g/t
Site 1:
- license type BE
- placer and man-made gold
- area - more than 3 sq. km
Site 2:
- license type BE
- placer gold
- area - about 1 sq. km
Site 3:
- license type BR
- placer and technogenic gold
- area - more than 9 sq. km
Readiness for mining:
- Exploration projects are available (including a prospecting and evaluation project under the BR license);
- All licenses are located on forest fund lands;
- Permits have been obtained for geological exploration work valid until the end of 2029;
- Forest areas have no restrictions for their use for placer gold exploration and production (there are no specially designated forest areas or other protected forest areas).
Delivery of cargo and personnel to the work site is possible in several ways:
- Land. On winter roads operating in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Magadan Region, the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), etc.
- Sea. Transportation is carried out via the Northern Sea Route (NSR) to the port of Pevek. From the port to the work site, winter roads are used.
- River. Transportation is carried out along the Kolyma River from the port of Seymchan (Magadan Region).
- The placer gold mining sites are connected by dirt roads.