Yakutia

Kuranakh

Located in North-Eastern Siberia, Kuranakh is a steady-stage medium-sized open-pit operation that has been in production for over four decades. The mine currently operates at the rate of 3.6 mln tonnes of ore per year.

Key facts
• Location – North-Eastern Siberia, Russia
• 2011 production – 117 thousand ounces
• Gold reserves, proven and probable - 1.7 mln ounces
• Gold resources, measured, indicated and inferred – 6.9 mln ounces
• Mining type – Conventional shovel-and-truck open-pit operation