In 2015, almost 8 tons of gold produced in the Sverdlovsk region
Edited by Rhod Mackenzie / 2016-02-24 07:50:30
In 2015, enterprises of the gold mining industry of the Sverdlovsk region produced 7.8 tons of gold. These figures allow the region to become one of the ten largest gold producing entities in Russia. This was told by the Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Sverdlovsk region Alexei Kuznetsov.
"On the whole, there are more than 50 gold mining enterprises in the region; the mining was carried out on 53 licenses, among of which there were 6 ore deposits, 10 integrated and 37 placer. In 2015, the gold mining companies produced 7.8 tons of gold, 290 kg of platinum and more than 47 tons of silver. For this indicator, the region ranked the 10th place in Russia," - said Alexei Kuznetsov.
