Russia at the current level of production is provided with gold for 40 years. About this “Izvestia” told the head of the Ministry of Environment Alexander Kozlov.
he explained that in Russia there are 13 percent of the global reserves of the precious metallol, the country ranks first in this indicator. At the same time, in terms of mining, Russia is inferior to China and Australia, despite the regular increase in its resource base.
In particular, over the past ten years, three large gold deposits in the Magadan and Iroscotian regions have been commissioned, as well as in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). In addition, production began in a number of medium and minor in the reserves of objects in the Khabarovsk Territory and the Magadan region. Preparing for the development of a unique deposit of a dry log in the Irkutsk region and a number of large deposits in the Far East.
According to the minister, gold mining in 2020 amounted to 445 tons, and since 2010, the increase in the reserves of the precious metal amounted to about six thousand tons.
Since 2008, Russia has grown gold reserves five times. In 2018, according to this parameter, the country bypassed China and went to sixth place in the world, and in 2020 approached France.
May 20 reported that over the past ten months, the Central Bank of Russia has already reduced the amount of gold in international reserves for the fourth time. In April, it became less than about 100 thousand ounces, or about 2-3 tons. As of May 1, 73.7 million ounces were located in Russian reserves, there were 73.8 million in early April. Also about 100 thousand ounces (the Central Bank statistics do not give more accurate estimate) was spent in January 2021.
In February, the Governor of the Irkutsk region Igor Kobzev said that the golden season in Priangarya was on the verge of a breakdown due to the deficit of migrants. To compensate for the lack of working hands, he asked the federal authorities to coordinate entry into the Russian Federation of thousands of foreign workers for gold mining enterprises. According to the region, if the working hands do not have enough, this year there may be a threat of non-compliance with gold mining quotas, this will lead to a decrease in tax payments to the budgets of all levels, threatens the conservation of deposits and bankruptcy companies.