Maxim Ermakov, Minister of Industry and Trade of the region, and Alexey Dodatko, Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the region, paid a working visit to the North Yenisei district. Representatives of the regional authorities assessed how the socio-economic development of the territory is progressing.
At the Vysokoye field, they got acquainted with the implementation of one of the largest investment projects in the region. A mining and processing plant for the production of gold is being built here as part of the Yenisei Siberia Mining and Processing Complex. The project is implemented by Sovrudnik LLC (part of PJSC YUGK). The work is carried out in several stages. Power transmission lines with a length of 100 km and 110 km of highway, including bridge crossings, have already been built. A complex of auxiliary infrastructure has been created. In 2023, a quarry was put into operation, and gold ore mining started.
Today, the next stage of the project has been completed – the ceremonial launch of the first stage of the gold recovery plant took place. By 2025, the first stage will be brought to production capacity: This is 4 million tons of ore processing and the production of 4 tons of gold. The second phase of the ZIF will be built by 2027. From 2028, the total volume of ore processing at ZIF will amount to 6 million tons of ore, which will produce at least 6 tons of gold. At the same time, the mining complex will be developing all these years. It should be noted that the facility is being built in the conditions of a remote taiga and a significant distance from areas with developed infrastructure.
Maxim Ermakov, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Krasnoyarsk Territory: “The development of our northern territories is a promising area of the region’s investment policy. If earlier this work was fraught with various difficulties, including due to the lack of a year-round crossing over the Yenisei, now, with the advent of the Vysokogorsky Bridge, new opportunities for the development of the territory have opened up. This will contribute not only to more effective implementation of investment projects, but also to the creation of new jobs, increase tax revenues, and improve the quality of life of residents of the territory.”
Sergey Ladyzhenko, General Director of the Yenisei Siberia Development Corporation: “A powerful investment breakthrough continues in the region, the basis of which is the implementation of the Yenisei Siberia integrated investment project. The construction of a mining and processing plant at the Vysokoye field is one of the largest initiatives within the framework of the KIP, from the implementation of which the region receives a significant economic effect. Local suppliers and contractors were involved in the construction, and residents of the region are already working on the project. When reaching the design capacity, the new production will provide additional tax revenues to the regional budget in the amount of 4 billion rubles per year.”
Within the framework of the GOK construction project, 1.5 thousand jobs will be created at the Vysokoye field.
Ruslan Kurbanov, General Director of Sovrudnik LLC: “Currently, the gold recovery plant is working on the design of the site in the grinding department, where we plan to install two mills. It is expected that after the launch of the second stage of the ZIF, the volume of processing will amount to 6 million tons of ore, which will produce at least 6 tons of gold per year. To do this, it is necessary to develop the production capacity of the quarry for excavating rock mass. The company’s next ambitious project is the construction of a new ZIF based on the deposits of the Eldoradinsky ore node, which is due to a significant increase in the volume of ore mined here.”
Along with the implementation of investment projects in the North Yenisei district, the social infrastructure is also being modernized in cooperation with companies that operate in the district.
Alexey Ryabtsev, head of the North Yenisei district: “This year we signed an agreement with Sovrudnik on the construction of a 60-apartment building. We have prepared the site and project documentation with a positive expert opinion, and have summed up the engineering networks. The company will build some of the apartments for its employees, the other will be transferred to the municipality.”
In addition, in 2024, the district center began to design a new medical building designed for 45 beds and 3 intensive care beds.