ZAO GPP Retkon won two auctions on sites of placer gold in Bodaibo district of the Irkutsk Region, with A/SZolotoy Polyus winning one, according to Irkutsknedra.
For all sites, Retkon and Zolotoy Polyus competed with each other.
Retkon won the trades for the sites:
- CreekPurichi - left tributary of the river Tonoda, offering 912,000 rubles with startingprice of 760,000. The site is located on the territory of Zhuinskaya (former Patomskaya) village administration, 200 kilometers (by airline) to the north-east of Bodaybo. Area of 12.35 sq km. C1 reserves - 6.9 kg, C2 - 17.2 kg, resources of P1 - 130.2 kg. License for 20 years.
- Creek Tropka - left tributary of Purichi, offering 72.8 thousand rubles with startingprice of 52 thousand. The site is located on the territory of Zhuinskaya (former Patomskaya) village administration, 200 kilometers (by airline) to the north-east of Bodaybo. The closest to the site is settlementPerevoz, located 120 km to the southeast. Communication with the district center is carried out by all-terrain vehicles to settlementMarakan, further - along the highway. Area of 1.37 sq km. Inferred resources of P2 - 36 kg. License for 15 years.
- Zolotoy Polyus won the auction for the site Creek Berezovyi - left tributary of Bolshoy Ballaganah, offering 51.8 thousand rubles with starting price of 37 thousand. The site is located at a distance of 180 km (by airline) to the north-east of Bodaybo. The closest to the site subsoil settlements are villages Perevoz and Kropotkin, located 32 and 87 km(direct), respectively, and connected to each other by the road Bodaibo - Perevoz. Area of 3.14 sq km. Inferred resources of P2 - 23 kg. License for 25 years.
Source: Economical Information Agency «PRIME» http://gold.1prime.ru