BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 4. Iran's Zarshoran Gold Mines and Mining Industries Development Co. raised gold bar production in the five months of the current Iranian year (from March 21 through August 22, 2025) compared to the same period last year (from March 20 through August 21, 2024), Vahid Karimzadeh, production and operations manager at the company, told local media, Trend reports.
As per the insights provided by Karimzadeh, the organization
achieved a production output of 490 kg of gold bars over the
five-month timeframe, marking an increase from the 357 kg recorded
during the corresponding period in the previous fiscal year.
He highlighted that notwithstanding the constraints delineated on
electrical transmission during the fifth month (from July 23
through August 22, 2025), the organization’s gold bar output
reached 91 kilograms, surpassing the established production
benchmarks.
The official articulated that notwithstanding the prevailing energy
deficits, the organization is relentlessly deploying strategic
initiatives to attain novel benchmarks in production efficacy.
To note, the Zarshoran gold mine is located 35 kilometers from the Tekab County of Iran's East Azerbaijan Province. The Zarshoran company can produce three tons of gold bars a year. The gold reserves in the Zarshoran Gold Complex amount to 43 million tons, and with the current equipment, this volume could be mined over the course of 65 years.
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