According to “Kompaniya” magazine, the election of V. Rudakov into the board of directors of CJSC "Polus" had one the most obvious aim – to provide "Polyus" with a licence for the Suhoy Log deposit exploitation (its stocks being 1100 tons or $13 bln). MMC “Norilsk Nickel” will be able to increase gold mining volume up to 100 tons a year in case of the Suhoy Log deposit acquisition. This will allow Russia to become the third in the world gold mining.