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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)

Mine

 

Tonnage(kt)

Au Grade (g/t)

Contained Au (t)

Contained Au (moz)

Ag Grade (g/t)

Contained Ag (t)

Contained Ag (moz)

Production assets

Dukat

17 425

1,0

18,1

0,6

496

8 639

277,8

Lunnoye

3 736

1,3

4,9

0,2

387

1 446

46,5

Khakanja

3 240

4,9

15,9

0,5

256

831

26,7

Voro

19 858

2,8

55,2

1,8

4

88

2,8

Varvarinskoye (2)

36 420

1,1

41,5

1,3

-

-

-

Subtotal

 80 679

 1,7   

135,6

 4,4 

136 

11 004

353,8 

Development projects

Albazino(3)

17374 

4,1

70,8 

2,3

-

-

-

Sopka Kvartsevaya (4)

1 400

12,0

17,0

0,5

260

360

12

Mayskoye(5) 7 877 9,6 75,5 2,4 - - -
Birkachan(6) 12 100 2,7 32,4 1,0 10 126 4,0

Subtotal

38 751

 5,0    

 196    

 6,3    

 13    

 486    

 15,6    

TOTAL

119 430

2,8 

331,2

10,6 

96

11 490

369,4

Notes:
(1) Unless otherwise stated, ore reserves are estimated as at January 1, 2010 in accordance with the JORC Code (2004), confirmed by Polymetal. Reserves are estimated on the basis of Measured and Indicated resources (not accounting for Inferred resources). Underlying price assumptions as audited by Polymetal are $900/oz for gold and $14.5 /oz for silver. Dukat reserves include Nachalnoye-2 satellite deposit, Lunnoye reserves include Arylakh satellite deposit, Khakanja reserves include Yurievskoye satellite deposit, Voro reserves 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) 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.


An external audit confirmed Polymetal mineral resources and ore reserves as at December, 31 2008 in accordance with the JORC Code. Gold reserves grew by 47% (1.7 Moz), primarily due to Albazino, which was added to Polymetal’s reserve portfolio in 2008. The Company’s independently audited gold resources grew by 21% (1.4 Moz) as a result of exploration and a re-evaluation of economic conditions in 2008. The growth stemmed primarily from the Birkachan and Oroch deposits, where the Company has been actively developing its resource base in anticipation of the planned commissioning of Kubaka in 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)

Mine

 

Tonnage(kt) Au Grade (g/t) Contained Au(t) Contained Au (moz) Ag Grade (g/t) Contained Ag (t) Contained Ag (moz)

Production assets

Dukat

22 315

1,0

22,3

0,7

480,0

10 711

344,4

Lunnoye

8 005

1,2

10,8

0,3

397,8

3 184

102,4

Khakanja

4 126

4,8

19,9

0,6

245,1

1 011

32,5

Voro

20 493

3,0

61,7

2,0

5,4

110

3,5

Varvarinskoye (2)

92 200

1,0

96,5

3,1

-

-

-

Subtotal

147 139

1,4

211,2 

6,8

102,1

15 016   

483

Development projects

Albazino(3)

21 306

4,3

91,6

2,9

-

-

-

Goltsovoye(4)

2 462

-

-

-

878,3

2 162

69,5

Sopka Kvartsevaya (5)

3 200

8,0

25,5

0,8

200,0

640

20,6

Maiskoye(6)

25 010

9,3

233,1

7,5

-

-

-

Perevalnoye (7)

1 180

-

-

-

362,2

427

13,7

Galkinskoye (3)

14 237

1,3

18,4

0,6

33,7

480

15,4

Birkachan (8)

26 170

2,4

63,3

2,0

0,7

279

9,0

Oroch (7) 1 926 3,2 6,3 0,2 166,7 321 10,3
Tsokolnaya zona(7) 1 295 8,1 10,5 0,3 13,1 17 0,5

Subtotal

  96 786

 4,6    

 448,5

 14,4    

 44,7    

 4 327    

 139,1    

Total

 243925

2,7

 659,8

 21,2    

 79,3    

 19 343

 621,9    

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