SDS Ugol’s Shakhta Yuzhnaya won permit to explore and develop 2.99 sq km Lugutinskiy parcel (Kemerovo District, Kemerovo Region) for 31.9 m roubles, its reserves estimated as c 9 m t of K-graded C1+C2-categorized (according to Russian nomenclature) coal.
UKAS Holding’s Razrez Cheremnova won 3.7 sq km Kyrgayskiy Promezhutochnyy parcel (Prokofiev District) for 450 m roubles. Kyrgayskiy Promezhutochnyy features c 40 m t of D, DG, and G-graded C2-categorized coal.