Position at the start of 2022
4.4 million m³of overburden remained within the designed pit boundary. This is material requiring removal, not a completed stripping volume.
- 01Remove overburden
- 02Access lower ore-bearing levels
Pit development project
Ken-Too (PIC), 2007
Basis for the mining works
Mining operations at the Altyn-Tor site are carried out strictly in accordance with the “Project for the completion of quarry reserves of the Altyn-Tor site of the Solton-Sary gold deposit” (PIC “Ken-Too”, 2007).
Parallel work
Water
Project of water supply and wastewater disposal in the treatment facilities of the Solton-Sary mine.
Engineering-geological and engineering-geodetic work on the water supply project.
Digging a trench for a water pipeline.
Reactivation and restoration of two hydrogeological wells for groundwater.
Plant
Construction of a new crushing and screening unit as part of the modernization of the factory.
Exploration
Drilling exploration wells in the Altyn-Tor license area.