Projects
The Group's licences are concentrated on the principal metallogenic belts of north-central and eastern Kazakhstan. We evaluate before we build: every item of capital expenditure is disciplined by resource estimation and feasibility study, so that Mineral Resources convert into Ore Reserves and cash flow at a measured pace.
Resource overview
The figures below are based on the most recent round of resource estimation and on licence registration data, and are updated as exploration advances and annual reconciliation is completed. Mineral Resources include the Inferred category and are not equivalent to Ore Reserves; the economically mineable portion is determined by feasibility study.
Project technical data
Resources, average grade and feasibility study conclusions are provided on a project-by-project basis. Please state the purpose and your entity details through the contact form; the full technical package is released once a confidentiality agreement is in place.
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Operating projects
Plants commissioned and pouring gold
Resources by stage
Operating projects carry current cash flow, while development and exploration projects secure production continuity over the medium and long term.
Licence map
Select a point on the map or an entry in the list to view that block's resources, average grade, licence area, year of entry and principal commodities.
Altyn-Dala Gold Mine
Operating
Shygys Gold-Copper Mine
Operating
Saryarka Polymetallic Project
Development
Mugodzhar Gold Project
Development
Torgai Gold-Silver Project
Exploration
Zhetysu Gold-Copper Project
Exploration
Licence blocks
Block profile
Akmola Region
The Group's flagship operating mine. Mineralisation sits within an altered structural corridor in a greenstone belt and is largely disseminated gold, mined by open pit and treated by carbon-in-leach (CIL) at a recovery consistently above 92%. Exploration continues at depth and along strike to add resources.
Commodities
Development phase
Project files
From early-stage exploration in the Torgai Trough to a mature operating mine in Akmola, the portfolio is sequenced so that the decline of any single mine never leaves a gap in output.
Akmola Region
The Group's flagship operating mine. Mineralisation sits within an altered structural corridor in a greenstone belt and is largely disseminated gold, mined by open pit and treated by carbon-in-leach (CIL) at a recovery consistently above 92%. Exploration continues at depth and along strike to add resources.
East Kazakhstan Region
Located on the southern margin of the Altai metallogenic belt, with gold and copper occurring together at relatively enriched grades. The mine uses underground cut-and-fill, with a combined flotation and cyanidation flowsheet recovering gold and by-product copper. Tailings are returned to mined-out voids, reducing surface discharge and land take year on year.
Karaganda Region
The feasibility study has been approved and work is under way on the processing plant together with external power and road infrastructure. Gold-polymetallic mineralisation shows good continuity across the block. Phase one throughput is planned at 2 Mt/a, with commissioning scheduled within two years.
Aktobe Region
An oxide project on the Mugodzhar Uplift with a low stripping ratio and readily treatable ore. Heap leaching has been selected to contain early capital expenditure. The mining licence and surface rights are being secured, with water supply studies and environmental baseline monitoring running in parallel.
Kostanay Region
An early-stage exploration project in the Torgai Trough. Airborne magnetic and soil geochemical surveys are complete and have defined four gold anomalies. Trenching and core drilling are advancing at 1:10,000 scale, with the first resource estimation report due this year.
Zhetysu Region
The Group's most recently acquired exploration block, close to the main transport corridor on the Kazakhstan–China border and well served by infrastructure. Alteration zones associated with a porphyry Au-Cu system are exposed within the block. Work is currently focused on regional mapping and geophysics, and the resource figure remains a preliminary estimate.
Development approach
Value in mining lies not in the resource figure itself, but in the recovery, the cost and the environmental footprint at which it can be extracted.
Every block passes through the same stage gates: a project may enter construction only once its resource estimate has been independently reviewed and the feasibility study returns an acceptable internal rate of return (IRR) and sensitivity range. Lower-grade oxide ore with a low stripping ratio is treated by heap leaching to contain early capital expenditure, while deeper primary ore is mined by underground cut-and-fill to limit land take and tailings volumes.
Mining rates follow the resource endowment. Rather than chasing a short-term production peak, we set annual throughput from ore body continuity and metallurgical testwork, so that mine life matches the supporting investment. Tailings are returned to mined-out voids wherever possible, surface tailings are dry-stacked and progressively reclaimed, and the closure plan is prepared before production starts, with the reclamation fund provisioned in parallel.
Airborne magnetic, soil geochemical and drilling programmes are progressively tightened to define mineralised bodies, establish continuity and deliver a resource estimation report.
Metallurgical testwork and mining method trade-offs are completed, setting recovery, cut-off grade, capital expenditure and cash cost ranges.
Mining licences and surface rights are secured, the processing plant, power, water and tailings facilities are built, and the operation moves through commissioning to nameplate capacity.
Steady-state production and resource replacement continue alongside tailings backfill, slope remediation and progressive reclamation, with closure obligations fully provided for.
Site Photography
Open-pit benches, core drilling rigs, the grinding and leaching circuit and the assay laboratory — this set covers the Group's principal operating steps, from discovery through to product delivery, and is the clearest reflection of how the sites are organised and how safety is managed.
Bench mining in the open pit
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Altyn Dala Gold Mine · Akmola Region
Core drilling and sampling
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Torgai Gold-Silver Project · Kostanay Region
Grinding and leaching circuit
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Shygys Gold-Copper Mine · East Kazakhstan Region
Fire assay and grade analysis
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Group Central Laboratory · Almaty
Ore haulage and weighbridge control
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Mugodzhar Gold Mine · Aktobe Region
Topsoil placement and revegetation on the waste dump
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Altyn Dala · waste dump reclamation area
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Partnerships
We are open to equity participation in licence blocks, exploration licence transfers, processing technology services and offtake agreements. Come to us with a concrete proposal and we will bring our geological and commercial teams to the table.