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Raygorodok Mine

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Summary

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Gold
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotThe Kazakhstan Raygorodok Gold Mine is a large-scale, active open pit mine, with a long mine life, and well-established infrastructure.
Latest NewsZijin Gold International Company: Announcement in relation to the Acquisition of the Raygorodok Gold Mine Project in Kazakhstan     June 29, 2025

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Cantech S.a.r.l. 100 % Indirect
Zijin Gold International and Jinha Mining entered into the Agreement with Cantech on 29 June 2025. Jinha Mining has agreed to acquire the 100% interest in the Raygorodok Gold Mine project held (through the target companies) by Cantech S.à.r.l.

The specific target of the acquisition comprises the 100% participating interest in RG Gold LLP (which holdsthe mine assets) and the 100% participating interest in RG Processing LLP (which holds the processing plant assets) held by Cantech.

65% and 35% of Cantech’s shares are held by V Group International S.A. (under management of Verny Capital, one of the largest equity investment companies in Kazakhstan - acting as an investment advisor to V Group International S.A.) and RCF VII-RG Gold S.à.r.l. (owned by Resource Capital Funds, an American private equity firm specialising in mining and resources investments), respectively.

The economic date of the Transaction is 30 September 2025.

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Deposit type

  • Breccia pipe / Stockwork
  • Vein / narrow vein

Summary:

The tectonic position of Raygorodok gold field, encompassing the Northern, Southern, and Central Raygorodok and Novodneprovskii deposits, along with small ore-bearing localities, is controlled by its occurrence within the tectonic suture zone, dividing the Kokshetau Precambrian Massif from the Stepnyak paleo–island arc.

The ore bodies of the Raygorodok gold field are stockworks of elongated or complex shape, as well as quartz-vein zones. The stockworks typically bear vein let-impregnated sulfide mineralization, dominated by pyrite. The ore bodies are hosted by the Ordovician volcanomictic conglomerate and gravelite, along with intrusive rocks of the Raygorodok stock and associated dikes. The Raygorodok stock of 2.5 × 1.5 km in size is composed of diorite and gabbro–diorite. The conglomerate at its exocontacts turned to skarn, while the rocks of the stock are propilitized and sericitized. The ore mineralization formed in one step. The close spatial, temporal, and structural occurrence of chalcopyrite, gold, and tellurium–bismuth mineralizations, which are often superimposed over cataclazed pyrite aggregates, is a typical feature.

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Commodity Production

In addition to the existing heap leach facility, a new carbon-in-pulp (CIP) cyanidation plant was commissioned in 2022.
CommodityUnits202420232022202120202019
Gold oz  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe50,744
All production numbers are expressed as metal in doré.

Operational metrics

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Ore tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe3,196 kt
Total tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe11.5 M cu.m
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Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

Mine Financials

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