Reserves and Resources
Click for the audited statements of reserves and resources in accordance with JORC code. One of the Company’s development priorities is to create the optimal portfolio of assets that facilitate a highquality, long-term resource base. Polymetal uses JORC standards to assess its reserves and resources. Audited existing reserve base will ensure ongoing profitable performance of the Company’s operating gold and silver mines for the next 10–20 years. The Dukat and Lunnoye deposits, which are silver mining units with a significant volume of gold mining as a byproduct, are located in the Magadan Region in Russia's northeast. Khakanja (Khabarovsk Territory) and Voro (Sverdlovsk Region) are gold deposits. Significant amounts of silver are also mined at Khakanja. The Company is currently building a new mine in Albazino which is scheduled to produce its first gold in 2011. Polymetal JORC-Compliant ore reserves by mining asset (1)
Notes: (2) Estimated by Orsu Metals Corporation as at 01.01.2009 in accordance with the JORC code. (3) Comfirmed by Snowden Mining Industry Consultants Inc. in acordance with the JORC Code in May 2009. (4) Estimated by AMC Consultants in accordance with the JORC Code in 2007. (5) Confirmed by Snowden Mining Industry Consultants in accordance with the JORC Code in July 2010. (6) Confirmed by SRK Consulting (UK) Limited in accordance with the JORC Code in July 2010.
By 2011, the Company aims to increase its gold resources to 12 Moz and its silver resources to 800 Moz as a result of in-house exploration and acquiring new assets. It also seeks to increase its gold reserves to 8 Moz and silver reserves to 600 Moz. Mineral Resource Statement in accordance with JORC Code, as of August 2010(1)
Notes: (1) Unless otherwise stated, mineral resources are quoted as at January 1, 2010 in accordance with the JORC Code (2004), confirmed by Polymetal . Measured and Indicated resources are included to the Ore Reserves.Underlying price assumptions as audited by Polymetal are $1150/oz for gold and $18.5 /oz for silver.Dukat resources include Nachalnoye-2 satellite deposit, Lunnoye resources include Arylakh satellite deposit, Khakanja resources include Yurievskoye satellite deposit, Voro resources include Vorontsovskoye South and Degtyarskoe satellite deposit. (2) Estimated by Orsu Metals Corporation as at 01.01.2009 in accordance with the JORC code (3) Confirmed by Snowden Mining Industry Consultants Inc. in acordance with the JORC Code in May 2009 (4) Estimated by Wardell Armstrong International in accordance with the JORC Code in 2007 (5) Estimated by AMC Consultants in accordance with the JORC Code in 2007 (6) Confirmed by Snowden Mining Industry Consultants in accordance with the JORC Code in July 2010 (7) Estimated by SRK Consulting (UK) Ltd in accordance with the JORC Code in 2009 (8) Confirmed by SRK Consulting (UK) Limited in accordance with the JORC Code in July 2010
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