The auction is set for June 14 and the bids for permits to explore and produce at Nikitinskiy and Otval’nyy Yuzhnyy 2 Glubokiy parcels (both in Kemerovo region) are to be received by May 14.
Nikitinskiy parcel of Nikitinskoye deposit (Leninsk-Kuznetsk District), adjacent to S. D. Tikhov Mine under construction, with 416 m roubles start price is expected to contain c 132 m t of grade Zh (for chemical recovery uses) categories A+B+C1+C2 coking coal (according to Russian classification).
Otval’nyy Yuzhnyy 2 Glubokiy of Taldinskoye deposit (Novokuznetsk District) with 44 m roubles start price is assessed by experts as containing c 34 m t of GZhO- and DG-graded, A+B+C1+C2-categorized steam coal.