Pox hub Petropavlovsk PLC

The Group's principal assets are four hard-rock gold mines in the Amur region, Russian far east. All four mines are open pit and gold is processed on-site utilising conventional resin-in-pulp ("RIP") processing plants and/or heap-leaching operations. Acquired as either greenfield or early-stage exploration sites, the mines were developed and commissioned in-house by the Group, utilising its specialist exploration, engineering and construction teams and its research and development centres and laboratories. As the group's mining assets are all located in Russia, the group's operations are run in accordance with Russian environmental, labour and health and safety laws. As a consequence, the group has a good environmental management and safety track record compared to some of its peers in the mining sector. To provide greater transparency to its international shareholders and stakeholders, the Group in recent years has sought to align its policies and procedures with international best practice.

Pioneer
Producing 314,850oz of gold in 2013,Pioneer is the Group’s largest mine and one of the largest gold mines in the Russian far east. The Group acquired a licence to explore, develop and mine the Pioneer deposit in 2001. The mine was commissioned in April 2008 with the installation of a 0.7Mtpa milling line. Since then, the plant has undergone further expansion to reach the current capacity of 6.6Mtpa. The mine still remains highly prospective as new licence areas surrounding the original mine site are still being explored.

Pokrovskiy
Pokrovskiy is an open-pit gold mine located in the western part of the Amur region, approximately 10 km from the nearest station on the Trans-Siberian Railway and 35 km from Pioneer. Producing 91,200oz in 2013,[10] it is one of the largest producing gold mines in the Amur region in terms of annual production. The Group acquired the licence to explore, develop and mine the Pokrovskiy deposit in 1994, when it was still at a very early stage of development. The mine became operational five years later in 1999 when heap-leaching facilities were added. The RIP processing plant was commissioned in 2002 and subsequently expanded to its current capacity of 1.7Mtpa in 2004. To date, the Pokrovskiy mine has produced over 1.6Moz of gold. The mine will be the site of the Group's pressure oxidation ("POX") processing hub, which is planned for commissioning in 2019.

Malomir
Malomir is the Group's first large-scale mine located in the north-east of the Amur region. Acquired in 2003 as a greenfield site, Malomir was commissioned on target in 2010 and the plant was expanded in July 2010, despite the project's remote location in the north-east Amur region. Malomir produced 115,500oz of gold in 2013.

Albyn
The Albyn licence area was acquired in 2005 as a greenfield site and was commissioned on target in November 2011.In 2013, the mine produced 134,800oz of gold.Albyn remains one of the Group’s most prospective projects, with exploration continuing to yield positive results.

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