The World Gold Council is the market development organisation for the gold industry. Our purpose is to stimulate and sustain demand for gold, provide industry leadership, and be the global authority on the gold market.

We develop gold-backed solutions, services and products, based on authoritative market insight and we work with a range of partners to put our ideas into action. As a result, we create structural shifts in demand for gold across key market sectors. We provide insights into the international gold markets, helping people to understand the wealth preservation qualities of gold and its role in meeting the social and environmental needs of society.

Based in the UK, with operations in India, the Far East and the US, the World Gold Council is an association whose members comprise the world’s leading gold mining companies.

For more information, visit www.gold.org

Kinross Gold is a Canadian-based gold mining company with mines and projects in Russia, the United States, Brazil, Chile, Ghana and Mauritania, employing approximately 9,000 people worldwide. Kinross has been present in Russia since 1995 and to date is the largest foreign investor in Russia’s gold mining industry. Main Kinross assets in Russia: Kupol mine (“Chukotka Mining and Geological Company”) and Dvoinoye mine (“Northern Gold”), both located in Chukotka. Kinross maintains listings on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol: K) and the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: KGC).

Polymetal International is one of the world’s largest producers of primary silver and is one of Russia’s three largest gold mining companies. The Company’s production facilities are based in four regions of Russia – Magadan, Chukotka, Khabarovsk and Sverdlovsk – and in Kazakhstan.

Polymetal International carries out the full range of deposit development, from exploration to production. One of the key elements of the Company’s strategy is to set up large processing hubs and to position the operations around them in order to maximise staff and cost efficiencies, and to optimise return on investment.

In November 2011 Polymetal International completed its premium listing on the London Stock Exchange (Ticker: POLY).

SRK Consulting is the world’s first one-stop consultancy offering specialist services to mining and exploration companies for the entire life cycle of a mining project from exploration through to mine closure.

Among SRK Consulting’s clients are most of the world’s major and medium-sized mining houses, exploration companies, banks, audit firms and government departments.

Formed in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1974, SRK now employs over 1,500 professionals in 50 permanent offices in 22 countries on six continents.

In 2009 SRK Consulting opened its office in Moscow. Opening of the office in Russia has allowed SRK Consulting to provide its excellent quality technical solutions in Russian and with consideration of the existing Russian legislation in the sphere of subsoil use.

SRK Consulting employs leading specialists in each field of science and engineering. Its seamless integration of services, and global base, has made the company the world’s leading practice in due diligence, feasibility studies and confidential internal reviews.

IMC Montan is an independent international mining consultancy and one of the leading consulting companies in mining sector of Russia. The Group also includes such companies as DMT GmbH & Co. (Germany), WYG Plc. (UK).

IMC Montan successfully operating in Russia and the CIS since 1992. Since then the company implemented over 400 projects for Russian and international mining companies, investors and banks.

IMC Montan is a recognized technical consultant and sector expert; its opinion is respected by analytical agencies, financial institutions and Russian state surveillance bodies.

The range of the Company consulting services covers all solid minerals, all types of deposits and full cycle of the mine life.

Disciplines covered by the Company services include reserve audit in compliance with international standards, technical and technological consulting, feasibility studies, higher labour productivity or core business production build-up justification, engineering services.

OGK Group is the consortium comprised of Russia’s leading exploration service companies.  It provides prompt, high quality maintenance services of geological exploration with guaranteed fulfillment of contractual obligations.

The Group unites a number of leading exploration service companies in the country, whose experts accumulated the experience in exploration project management over many years in this business. This country-wide business coverage allows the Group to help its customers significantly reduce their costs on mobilisation and other works, as well as ensure access to almost any necessary equipment in any quantities.

The company's mission:

• Creation of competitive consortium of experts in the exploration service market with unitary high standards and country-wide business coverage.

The company's strategy:

• Concentration of investment and administrative resources for the creation an industry leader in Russia and former Soviet Union;
• Diversification of investments in business assets;
• Active use of partnerships and alliances to maximise the effect of joint investment;
• Strong management team;
• Application of international management standards and advanced technologies;
• Social responsibility and general humanitarian values. 

Pavlik Gold Ore Company holds a license for search, exploration and ore gold mining at Pavlik deposit, Tenkinsky District, Magadan Region of the Russian Federationv since 2007. Within 2007 – 2011 a detailed exploration of the deposit and its flanks, a considerable volume of core drilling, bulk sampling, hydrogeological, geotechnical, environmental studies and a complex of detailed geophysical works were carried out. In 2013 was prepared constant exploration conditions approved by GKZ Rosnedra with “On-Balance” reserves (C1+C2) 154.3 (t) gold. Resources of Russia P1 category estimates 61 (t) gold. Average gold grade is 5.1 g/t. Accordance with JORC, indicated resources estimates 163.5 (t) gold, inferred resources estimates 53.8 (t) gold.

At the end of 2014, started mining, and in mid-2015 was the first gold production.

In the near future the company intends to complete the preliminary exploration of the deposit Rodionovskoe”, Magadan region. In addition, the company exploration activities on the deposits “Burkhalinskoye”, “Shakhskoye”, “Utinskoye”. also Magadan region.

WAI has provided the mineral industry with specialised geological, mining, processing and environmental expertise since 1987, initially as an independent company, but from 1999 as part of the Wardell Armstrong Group (WA). Our experience is worldwide and has concentrated on the metalliferous mining sector and coal.

Our parent company is a mining engineering/environmental consultancy that services the industrial minerals sector from nine regional offices in the UK and international offices in Russia and Kazakhstan. Total worldwide staff complement is now in excess of 300.

The Group provides a wide range of services for minerals-related projects. This ranges from preliminary exploration planning, through reserve estimation, mine design and financial appraisal, to bankable final feasibility study.

WAI has a strong client list, including companies and organisations from the private and public sectors, as well as many major lending institutions. In addition, WAI has been involved in many AIM and Full Board London stock exchange listings.

VNIPIpromtechnologii OJSC is a full-service company that performs a full cycle of design and survey works as well as scientific and research works for:

• Building and reconstruction of companies that specializes in mining and processing of uranium, rare-earth elements, non-ferrous metals ores and precious metals ores;
• Recovery of territories damaged by radioactive waste;
• Radiation-dangerous works at handling, operating and liquidation of nuclear weapon and nuclear munitions;
• Building of nuclear-waste repositories and radioactive waste disposal facilities;
• Liquidation of industrial facilities that were build using nuclear technology;
• Handling of radioactive waste, reactor blocks and spent nuclear fuel from atomic submarine utilization.

Currently VNIPIpromtechnologii OJSC is an engineering subsidiary company of ARMZ Uranium Holing Co. It performs design and survey works as well as scientific and research works for both companies of the Holding and the third parties.

Seeking to comply with market demands our company is actively developing itself and its competencies and discovers new areas of activity. The Institute is located in Moscow and has its own exploration base in Moscow area and a branch in the city of Chita. The company has about 500 high-quality specialists. Their working places are upgraded with the modern equipment and software. Our highly skilled specialists are capable to participate in implementation of large-scale projects of development of atomic sector and mining industry.

“TOMS” Group of Companies is a team of professionals within the 22- years of scientific research and engineering design experience in metallurgy and mining.

Our competitive advantages are an experience and a broad spectrum of services in the field:

• Engineering – full range of EPCM-services in development of mineral resources in Russia and overseas. We provide innovative design and engineering solutions based on advanced technology and extensive field experience;
• We perform a comprehensive equipment supply – elaborately selecting equipment and materials from the international manufactures, ensuring safe, economical and environmentally friendly operation of enterprises;
• Reserves consulting – performing a feasibility study followed by realizing investment project from the initial idea to the implementation, considering current market terms and trend’s projection (innovative consultancy);
• TOMS Irkutsk Institute carries out a comprehensive research regarding international standards and technology regulations developing in mineral processing field and metallurgy;
• Management and control of investment project and its practical realization, bringing into production – from the staff training to facility operation and its maintaining service.

Bryan Cave LLP (www.bryancave.com) has a diversified international legal practice. The firm represents a wide variety of business, financial, institutional and individual clients, including publicly held multinational corporations, large and mid-sized privately held companies, partnerships and emerging companies. Aided by extensive investments in technology, Bryan Cave’s more than 1,000 lawyers across the United States, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe and Asia serve clients’ needs in the world’s key business and financial markets.

AMC Consultants is a leading mining consultancy providing services to the exploration, mining, and financial industries. We work with our clients to plan new mines or improve the operations of existing mines, with a primary focus on achieving optimum output and return.

With experience gained on more than 7,500 assignments over 30 years, AMC is an expert in the business of mining. Our expertise spans mining engineering, exploration, geotechnical engineering, geology, feasibility studies, strategy optimisation, technical audits, appraisals, expert reports, and business improvement services. Our clients include mining companies, insurance companies, banks, and investors.

With over 210,000 employees, Deloitte has grown to be one of the largest professional services firms worldwide with a presence in over 150 countries. Deloitte offers unrivalled depth, breadth and quality of professional expertise to serve the needs of clients across various industry sectors.

Deloitte CIS is one of the leading international professional services firms that offers audit, consulting, corporate finance, enterprise risk, and tax and legal services leveraging professional experience of approximately 2,500 employees in 18 offices of 11 countries across the region.

This year, Deloitte celebrates 25 years in Russia. We opened our office in Moscow in 1990. Reflecting back, and looking forward to the future, we maintain a long-term perspective and seek to make an impact that matters for our people, clients and society.

Today, Deloitte has offices in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ufa, Yekaterinburg and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in Russia, Kyiv in Ukraine, Minsk in Belarus, Tbilisi in Georgia, Baku in Azerbaijan, Aktau, Almaty, Astana and Atyrau in Kazakhstan, Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan, Tashkent in Uzbekistan, Dushanbe in Tajikistan, Ashgabat in Turkmenistan and Yerevan in Armenia.

Find out more at www.deloitte.com

EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. The insights and quality services we deliver help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and in economies the world over. We develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders. In so doing, we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities.

EY works together with companies across the CIS and assists them in realizing their business goals. 4,800 professionals work at 21 CIS offices (in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Ekaterinburg, Kazan, Krasnodar, Togliatti, Vladivostok, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Rostov-on-Don, Almaty, Astana, Atyrau, Bishkek, Baku, Kyiv, Donetsk, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Yerevan, and Minsk).

EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or more, of the member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients.

For more information about our organization, please visit ey.com.

MC Kolmar was founded in 2003 as a Group of coal mining, trading and logistics companies, forming the full mining and shipment cycle for high-quality coking and thermal coals mined from the Nerungri District deposits Yakutia Region, Russia. At the moment MC Kolmar is implementing two major investment projects – Inaglinskiy and Denisovskiy mining and beneficiation plants.

The number of the Company employees is greater than fifteen hundred people. The Company is helmed by Sergei Tsivilev, the CEO.

At the moment the commercial reserves within the Kolmar Group licensed areas comprise more than 1 bln. ton of coal.

In 2015 Kolmar Group production will comprise 3mln. ton of high quality coking and thermal coals. By the end 2017 the target is to produce 13 mln. ton of high quality coking K, Z and KZ coals for the Russian Federation and Asia Pacific consumers.

Today Kolmar is the “motive power” of social and economic development for the entire Russian Far East. The company pretends to be the major employer in Nerungri,the second largest town in Yakutia.

MC Kolmar is a double bottom line company actively participating in important social projects and programmes.

MICROMINE is a leader on Russian market in developing and selling software solutions for exploration and mining industries including the entire production circle. MICROMINE holds a leading position in Russia as a modular solution of full cycle that allows explorative and mining companies substantially increase productivity. The Geobank system creates a flexible and efficient environment for collection, verification and storage data. Geobank Mobile facilitates the work of specialists in the field conditions. The Pitram system enables to Increase production, reduce costs, and improve safety of production. MICROMINE is a consulting arm, Micromine Consulting Services delivers competent person reports compliant with international and local reporting standards. MICROMINE provides you with local support and services in your language and your time zone.

Vostochnaya Technica is the official Caterpillar, Sullair and Metso Minerals dealer for Western and Eastern Siberia, Yakutia and the Northern part of Russian Far East.

Vostochnaya Technica represents the whole range of Caterpillar equipment. Caterpillar produces over 350 models and is the world’s best known manufacturer of mining, quarry and construction equipment, as well as machines for road construction including bulldozers, pipelayers, wheel loaders, hydraulic excavators, dump-trucks, diesel and gas-fuel generator sets, and many others.

Currently Vostochnaya Technica is responsible for the biggest Caterpillar dealer territory in the world. The company has 29 branches and more than 900 employees. The head office of Vostochnaya Technica is located in Novosibirsk.

The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining exists to promote and develop all aspects of materials science and engineering, geology, mining and associated technologies, mineral and petroleum engineering and extraction metallurgy, as a leading authority in the worldwide materials and mining community. Its interests encompass the complete materials cycle, from exploration and extraction, characterisation, processing, forming, finishing and application, to product recycling and land reuse.

The Institute was formed from the merger of the Institute of Materials and the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy in June 2002, and is the professional body for the international materials, minerals and mining community, with a membership of over 19,000 individuals worldwide, providing professional accreditation and qualifications, training and professional development.

Members of the Institute come from a variety of backgrounds, from students to company chief executives. Members qualify for different grades of membership, ranging from Affiliate to Fellow, depending on academic qualifications and professional experience. The professional development programme run by the Institute helps contribute to members’ career enhancement towards senior grades of membership, and Chartered Engineer (CEnv), Scientist (CSci) and Environmentalist (CEnv) status.

IRGIREDMET provides R&D expertise, testwork and process optimization for precious and base metals and diamonds.   The activities range from initial investigations to process development and design, construction and commissioning of industrial mines and plants. Working closely with clients and in conjunction with engineering partners, Irgiredmet supplies a flexible package of technology for process development and optimization.   We offer a full range of sophisticated facilities for sample preparation and characterization, gravity, flotation, physical separation, smelting, leaching, purification and metals recovery, tails detoxification etc. Our key customers are: Polyus Gold International Limited, GV Gold, Petropavlovsk PLC, Severstal, Uzhuralzoloto Group of Companies (UGC) JSC, Russdragmet, ALROSA Joint Stock Company, Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat State Company, Group of companies “Amur”, Sovrudnik.

Petropavlovsk is one of Russia’s leading gold mining companies. We operate some of the largest gold mines in Russia in terms of their gold production output, processing capacity and resource base. Furthermore, our assets have untapped exploration potential. We are a leading employer and contributor to the development of the local economy in the Amur region, Russian Far East, where we have operated since 1994. As at 31 December 2014, we have produced approximately 5.5Moz of gold.
The Company is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (Ticker POG:LN).