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Until the end of 2002 the Committee on Natural Resources intends to hold a contest for the rights of geological research and gold mining of four gold ore deposits and one random deposit with the estimated potential of 43 tons of gold. This was reported to IA "Taimyr Telegraph" by Genady Egorov, the head of the Licensing Department of the Committee.

The largest of the ore deposit is situated in North Enesey region ands its resources, according to the experts sum up to 34,3 tons, containing from 2,0 to 17,3 grams of metal per ton of ore. Two other deposits are in Motygin region ands its common resources are estimated as 8 tons of gold.