As IA “Regnum” publishes, on January, 23 there was an All-Russian conference “Preliminary results of geological exploration in 2003 and tasks for 2004” in Krasnoyarsk. Five main regions forming 75 % of gold-mining gain in Russia were determined. They are Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Irkutsk region, Khabarovsk region, Magadan region and Krasnoyarsk region. In 2003 the gold-mining gain in Russia has exceeded the mining since 1995 and amounted to 207 tons or 106%.