МС&C informs that the tender for the gold ore deposit Suhoy Log exploitation will be held in 2004, not till the end of 2003 as it was planned before. The representative of the Ministry of natural resources of Irkutsk region told about it. The transfer of periods is connected with delay of its conditions co-ordination between the Ministry of nature, Ministry of economic development and the Ministry for Antimonopoly Policy and Business Support.

The deposit is located in Irkutsk region and is the largest gold deposit in Russia.