Uranus deposit began to be sought in the area of ​​Transbaikalia for prey

The Department of Subsoil Use in the Far Eastern Federal District found a contractor for searching for uranium deposits at the Badinsky deposit, which is located in the Khiloko district of the Trans -Baikal Territory, according to the public procurement portal.

The cost of the contract is 575 million rubles, the Rosgeology contractor receives an advance half from this value.They began to examine already in May 2024, finished in 2026.The surveyed area is 400 square meters.

In this case, the contractor needs to find such deposits that are suitable for processing underground leaching.This method of extraction of uranium involves the dissolution of it with chemical reagents from ores at the place of their occurrence and subsequent extraction from uranium -containing solutions.

Joint -Stock Company "Rosgeo", according to "Contour. Focus", has existed since 2004.In the past, they were owned by the Ministry of Property Relations of Russia, but now the shareholders are unknown.Since 2024, Sergey Radkov has been appointed director.The company's revenue for 2021 amounted to 16.2 billion rubles, and net profit - 538.2 million rubles.There are no new data on revenue.

The Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of Russia, Alexander Kozlov, during a working visit to Transbaikalia, announced that new deposits of minerals and precious metals will develop in the region.He noted that the development of deposits involves the creation of plants and, as a result, the emergence of new jobs.In addition, Kozlov noted that the plans of the Russian government - the processing of raw materials and the production of goods, and not the production and export of concentrates abroad.

At the beginning of the year, they conducted an auction for the development of a federal subsoil section of the Shirondukuyskoye federal purpose, Uranus and Molibden plan to extract on it.He was won by the Hello Production Mining and Chemical Association (PPGHO)-this is a subsidiary of Rosatom.The company will need to pay 871.8 million rubles for the plot.After paying this amount, the PPGHO will receive a license.PPGHO is the largest in Russia and one of the largest uranium -mining enterprises in the world, a city -forming enterprise of the city of Krasnokamensk.

In February 2025, it became known that within the Chashshinsky Square, which is located in the Kalgan and Nerchinsk-Zavodsky districts of Transbaikalia, they would look for silver-containing polymetallic weapons.The customer is the Department of Subsoil Use to the Far Eastern Federal District.The amount of funding under the contract will amount to 518.3 million rubles from the federal budget.

As of January 1, 2022, 160 golden deposits were registered in Transbaikalia.64 licenses for geological studies, reconnaissance and production were issued, 96. And in October 2023, a state fee was introduced for export of ferrous, non -ferrous and precious metals, coal and fertilizers, which was supposed to stimulate internal processing and production.

Source: https://www.chita.ru/text/business/2025/04/23/75369572/