According to infogeo, OJSC Norilsk Nickel has not allow its partners to start PGM resources audit. It is connected with the fact that ministries and departments have not yet finished their work in secret PGM data withdrawal. Thus it is not known now when the work is over and the company can start the resources audit.

As it has been informed, On March 3, 2005, the President of Russia Vladimir Putin signed a decree on changing of the State secret data. Now only the data connected with PGM and diamonds reserves in the State Fund and the Central Bank of Russian Federation is the issue of the State secret. All the other information may be published.