Operational assets
Elga open-pit coal mine
Key facts
Deposit
It is a part of Tokinsky Coal Basin with over 40 Bt of proven coal reserves
Reserves
The Elga deposit reserves estimated under JORC comprise 2.2 Bt
86% of the coal volume
Located in 4 lower layers: Y5 (12–20 m thick), Y4 (9–12 m), H16 (6–12 m), and H15 (3–6 m)
Development history
2007
License No.ЯКУ 03730 ТЭ to use subsurface resources is obtained
2011
Production start
2012
Processing plant launched
2020
Output of 7 Mt per year reached
2023
Output of 45 Mt per year reached
Location
The license area is located in the south-eastern part of Yakutia, some 415 km south-east of Neryungri and 300 km from the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM), in the central part of the Tokinsky coal-bearing region of the South Yakutsk coal basin, to the west of Bolshoye Toko Lake, close to the borders of Amur Oblast and Khabarovsk Krai (Russia).
The nearest settlements to the west of the deposit are the City of Neryungri and the Town of Chulman, located 510 km away along the winter road, and the Town of Chagda 350 km to the north.
The maximum height of the license area is approximately 1,270 m.
Terrain height in this area declines from north-west to south-east from 1,300-1,400 to 1,000-1,100 m a. s. l.
Reserves and resources
JORC classification of reserves
as of 01.07.2014
A
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B
600.8 million tonnes
C1
1003.3
C2
473.7
Total
2077.8 million tonnes
JORC classification of reserves
as of 01.07.2014
Measured
1604.1 million tonnes
Indicted
473.7 million tonnes
Total
2077.8 million tonnes
JORC classification of reserves
as of 01.07.2014
Proved
1 744.7 million tonnes
Probable
503.5 million tonnes
Open-pit Mines and Processing Plants