Zapadnyy parcel features 496.7 m t of C1+C2-categorized balance reserve (according to Russian nomenclature), plus 102 m t of off-balance one.
Bomskaya coal area has not been explored yet, but its reserves are preliminarily estimated as 1 bn t of coal.
Ulug-Khem is among the most promising Russian coal basins, Nikolai Sosnovskiy (Uralsib, analyst) says. One of its deposits, Mezhegeyskoye, has already been bought by Evraz for 950 m roubles; two more—Tsentral’nyy and Vostochnyy) wait their turn.