Highland Gold Vladislav Sviblov bought a geyser Gold company in Kamchatka
The structure associated with the ex-owner of the ChTPZ Andrei Komarov lost the Highland Gold, Vladislav Sviblov, with licenses for studying gold and silver deposits in Kamchatka. The former owner could abandon the asset due to high exploration costs. Analysts are the advantage of the areas of the sections of the golden-based Okhotsk Chukotka belt.
The Highland Gold structure Vladislav Sviblov on June 3 became the owner of the Geyser Gold company with licenses for the geological study of gold and silver deposits in Kamchatka, follows from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and Rosnedr. The former owner of the Geyser Gold was LLC Hyperspese, founded by the former co -owner of the Chelyabinsk Pipel Plant (CHTPZ) Andrei Komarov (Forbes estimates his fortune at $ 1.3 billion). Now the owner of 99.9% of Hyperspase is hidden in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, 0.1% belongs to the company itself. Highland Gold refused to comment. “Kommersant” sent questions for Mr. Komarov to the Skolka school founded by him, where they did not answer on Tuesday.
According to the publication « Gold and Technology », enterprises affiliated with Highland Gold, in 2024 increased gold production by 12%, to 33 tons. This corresponds to the second place in the Russian Federation after the Pole. As stated on the Highland Gold website, the group’s activities are concentrated around production centers in the Khabarovsk, Kamchatka and Transbaikal Territories and the Chukotsk Autonomous Okrug.
“Geyser Gold” belongs to licenses for the geological study of gold and silver deposits in the subsoil sites “Clarin” and “Nimaevsky” in the Ust-Kamchatsky district.
The senior manager of S+ Consulting Dmitry Homer says that the sites are at an early stage of search and evaluation, among the advantages-belonging to the golden-nosed Okhotsk-Chukotsk belt. In addition, today there are very few subsoil plots for auction, most even poorly studied with small forecast resources are in a distributed fund, the expert points out. Therefore, he continues, the deal can be timely, especially since the discount, probably took into account extreme logistics, high seismicity and the lack of infrastructure.
Oleg Ablev, the head of the analytical department of the RIKO-TRAST investment company, believes that the former owner could get out of the asset due to the need to reorient investments, lack of examination or fears that reconnaissance costs exceed the planned ones. Independent industrial expert Maxim Khudalov estimates the costs of geological study of 100-250 million rubles. In Kamchatka, he said, the price tag can double due to a lack of equipment and staff. At the same time, Mr. Khudalov, Rosnedra recently, has recently taken licenses from users who do not observe the deadlines for intelligence.
According to Oleg Ablev, in general, Kamchatka is considered a promising, but underestimated region from the point of view of metals due to complex logistics. According to the expert, there are many copper, gold, silver deposits, but state support and benefits for investors may require development. “Highland Gold” probably sees the potential for the detection of decent reserves, in addition, the company has experienced geologists and necessary equipment, adds independent expert Leonid Khazanov.
In ACRA, they estimated the volume of gold production in the Russian Federation in 2024 at 328 tons, which is 2% more than a year earlier.
As follows from the review of the agency, the largest Russian gold miners work with high profitability associated with a relatively low (compared to comparable international companies) total cash costs. Along with the current sufficiently high price for gold in the world market, this provides a stable operational cash flow, it was indicated in Acre.
On June 10, gold on the COMEX exchange is traded at $ 3.32 thousand per ounce, which is almost 44% higher than a year earlier. As noted in Sbercib, the demand for gold by central banks and institutional investors will remain high, which will support the quotes. At the end of the year, Sbercib expects an increase in the cost of gold to $ 3.6 thousand per ounce.
