ALROSA Approves Verkhne-Munskoye Deposit Plan
March 29, 15
(IDEX Online News) – ALROSA has approved a plan develop the Verkhne-Munskoye field in the first half of this year. The new project includes building a diamond mining enterprise with an annual capacity of 3 million tons of ore.
The Verkhne-Munskoye primary deposit is located 160 kilometers from Udachny MPD. It consists of four kimberlite pipes with aggregate mineral reserves of 65 million tons of ore.
According to the current production plan, mining operations at Verkhne-Munskoye will start in 2018 and reach design capacity in 2019.
The development of the Verkhne-Munskoye and Zarnitsa deposits is expected to increase production to 41 million carats.