Vision
Nukrafom plans to exploit the huge 7,000,000 tonne underground resource of ore containing 3,000 tonnes of silver, which will become phase 2 of our project. Nukrafom is looking for partners to re-establish a large mine in this area.
| Soviet Estimate of Underground Resource at 400 m | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type of ore | Ore (T) | Grade (g/T) | Silver (T) |
| Original | 10,000,000 | 500 | 5,000 |
| Extracted | 3,000,000 | 670 | 2,000 |
| Balance remaining | 7,000,000 | 450 | 3,000 |
The Karamazar area, where the Kanjol mine is located, was the centre of silver and gold mining in Central Asia in the 12th and 13th centuries.
Thickness of the vein varies from 0.5 to 4.0 m.
The grade varies from 244 to 2,163 g/T silver.
In excess of 2,500 ancient workings have been located; in some places following veins down to a depth of 100 to 150 m below surface. The reports estimate that a total of more than 2,000 tonnes of silver was extracted at this depth.
The balance remaining at 150 to 400 m is estimated to be more than 3,000 tonnes of silver.
A further 2,500,000 tonnes of oxidised ore.
There may be much more good ore at further depths.