Individual placer miner in

Kyrgyzstan

Almir Sabyrbekov 27 February

Placer mining
Ancient method of using water to
excavate, transport, concentrate, and
recover heavy minerals from alluvial
or placer deposits. Examples of
deposits mined by means of this
technique are the gold-bearing sands
and gravel that settle out from rapidly
moving streams and rivers at points
where the current slows down.
Definitions
Placer: an accumulation of rock clastic
material containing fragments,
aggregates, grains of valuable minerals
(gold).
Placer gold: crude gold obtained by
gravity concentration of alluvial ore
sands, mainly in the form of grains of
nugget precious metal of various sizes.
Miner: an individual entrepreneur
engaged in individual development and
mining of minerals.
Gold receiving offices: a point for
accepting gold from individual miners.
Procedure for obtaining a Certificate

• Certificate: a document granting the right to mine placer gold on an allocated land
plot.
• Issued by: local state administration
• Validity period: 1 year
• Documents:
• Application
• Extract from the Consolidated Register on absence/elimination of violations
Prospectors' responsibilities

• Use only the gravity method of gold mining

• Comply with:
• Environmental safety rules
• Technical safety rules
• Fire safety rules
• Nature protection measures
• Measures for protection of subsoil
• Measures for the safety of the extracted gold concentrate
• Liability: in accordance with the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic
Suspension of work Revocation of the Certificate

• In case of violation of:

• Environmental regulations In case of:
Repeated violation of the
• Technical regulations
requirements within one year
• Fire safety regulations By: Local state administration
• Nature protection measures
• Measures for protection of subsoil
• Measures for preservation of extracted gold
concentrate
• By whom:
• Territorial authorized state body
• Local state administration
• Until: full elimination of violations
Reporting and Conditions
• Prospectors are required to:
• Provide an annual report on the work done
• Deadlines: not later than February 15 of the year following the reporting period.
• To: local state administration
• Contains:
• Information on placer gold production
• Information on alluvial gold sales
• Conditions:
• Report submission
• Compliance with mining conditions
Gold collection offices

• Organized:
• In district and regional centers
• In the locations of placer deposits
• In places of developed individual
prospecting activities.
• Purpose: purchase and sale of placer
gold and gold concentrate
Thank you!