Altyntau Kokshetau (the former Vasilkovsky mining and processing plant) is the largest gold mining company (mining and processing plant) located in the Akmola region of Kazakhstan on the basis of the Vasilkovsky gold ore deposit [1] , and is developing the largest gold deposit in Kazakhstan - Vasilkovsky, with reserves of about 360 tons [2] (according to other sources, more than 500 tons [3] ). It is a 100% subsidiary of Kazzinc LLP - a Kazakhstani producer of zinc, lead, copper, gold and silver.
| JSC Altyntau Kokshetau | |
|---|---|
| Type of | Joint-Stock Company |
| Base | 2010 |
| Former names | JSC Vasilkovsky GOK, JSC Altyntau Resources |
| Location |  Kazakhstan |
| Industry | Gold mining |
| Products | gold |
| Number of employees | 1998 |
| Parent company | Kazzinc |
| Site | altyntau.com |
History
Vasilkovsky Mining and Processing Combine
The enterprise Vasilkovsky Mining and Processing Plant was established in 1963 at the Vasilkovsky gold ore deposit. In 2007, the plant began work on its reconstruction, within two years a new processing plant (gold extraction plant) was built and put into operation in 2009. On May 28, 2010, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev , within the framework of the state program for accelerated industrial and innovative development of Kazakhstan [4] , launched the work of a gold mining plant at the Vasilkovsky gold ore deposit. The head of state proposed to give a new name to the enterprise (at that time Vasilkovsky GOK JSC) - Altyntau [5] [6] .
Activities
The company is engaged in the extraction and processing of gold using a complex combined technology using traditional operations for the extraction of gold from ores: flotation, gravity and cyanide.
Notes
- ↑ JSC Altyntau Kokshetau . Date of treatment March 18, 2019. Archived March 18, 2019.
- ↑ Vasilkovsky GOK in 2013 plans to begin construction of an underground mine . Kazakhstan Today . Date of treatment June 10, 2019.
- ↑ JSC Altyntau Kokshetau . Date of treatment March 18, 2019. Archived March 18, 2019.
- ↑ State Program of Forced Industrial and Innovative Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the website of the Government of the Republic - Official website of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment August 18, 2013. Archived on August 19, 2013.
- ↑ Gold STRENGTH RESERVE unspecified . Archived August 20, 2018.
- ↑ Chingiz Tashenov. Golden horizons of Altyntau. Head of state Nursultan Nazarbayev made a working trip to the Akmola region . Kazakh truth . kazpravda.kz (May 29, 2010). Date of treatment August 14, 2013. (unavailable link)