Governor says Yakutia produces record 38 tns of gold in 2020

MOSCOW, Jan 15 (PRIME) -- More than 38 tonnes of gold was produced in Russia’s republic of Yakutia in 2020, Governor Aisen Nikolayev said on Friday.

“Coal and gold are traditional industries for Yakutia, they have had good dynamics over the past years. In 2020, we finished the year with gold production hitting a record high of over 38 tonnes… to become Russia’s third largest gold producing region,” he said.

Nikolayev also said that Yakutia’s companies plan to increase coal output to 30 million tonnes in the next two years from the current 20 million tonnes, and to reach the output of 50 million tonnes until 2025.

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