BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, October 23. A gold processing plant has been launched in test mode at the Solton-Sary deposit, located in the Buchuk area of the Naryn region of Kyrgyzstan, Trend reports.
According to local authorities, the Kyrgyz-Chinese company Zhong Ji Mining has begun production activities.
The company has reached an agreement to operate the gold deposit without disrupting the earth's crust. Additionally, local residents will receive a social package amounting to 50 million soms ($584,795) annually.
Construction work on the gold extraction plant, administrative residential building, crushing and filtration workshops, laboratory, mining and storage facilities, tailings storage, heating facility, water reservoir, and other necessary structures has been ongoing for two and a half years. The company has invested over 12 billion soms ($140.3 million) in these efforts.
In 2022, President Sadyr Japarov granted permission for the development of the Solton-Sary deposit in the Naryn region. The deposit consists of three areas: Buchuk, Ak-Tash, and Altyn-Tor, with estimated gold reserves of approximately 20 tons.
