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Bauntovskiy Region, Republic of Buryatiya
TVEL and the government of Buryatiya expect to obtain the first metric tons of high-quality ore from the Khiagda uranium deposit by the end of 1999.  With deposit reserves estimated at over 100,000 metric tons of ore, TVEL has invested 30 million rubles in the project for an expected return of 2500 metric tons of ore per year.
["Buryatia govt and firm work to develop uranium deposit," ITAR-TASS, 16 February 1999; in Inquisit Agent Report, http://www.inquisit.com.] {Entered 2/24/99 MS}

Lake Onega (Onezhsk) Region
Deposits of vanadium ore with the associated elements uranium, gold, and platinum have been found in this area.
[Irina Konyakhina, "Russia Declassifies Data On Uranium For The First Time," MOSCOW NEWS, 11/26/93, p. 7.]

Streltsovsk Ore Region
The only indigenous uranium currently being developed is the Streltsovsk ore field in the Transbaikal region. This uranium deposit is estimated at 100,000MT--enough to produce 3,500MT of LEU for the next 25-30 years (approximately 30 percent of Russia's needs).[1] However, it was estimated in 1995 that the deposit would be exhausted by 2015-2020 at the current rate of extraction.[2]
Sources:
[1] ITAR-TASS, 19 November 1998; in "Russia: RussRa Uranium Target at 10,000 Tonnes Questioned," FBIS-TAC-98-323.
[2] Aleksey Chichkin, "Uranium Trace," Rossiyskaya Gazeta, 11 November 1995. {updated 2/9/00 LWB}

Vitimsk Region
Approximately 60,000 tons of uranium has been mined. The content of the uranium in the ore is .054 percent and the associated elements are scandium, rare earth elements, and lanthanides.
[Irina Konyakhina, "Russia Declassifies Data On Uranium For The First Time," MOSCOW NEWS, 11/26/93, p. 7.]

Yergeninskiy Ore Region near Pyatigorsk, Northern Caucasus
This deposit is under the jurisdictionof Lermontov Ore Directorate.
[Arkadiy Kruglov, KAK SOZDAVALAS ROSSIYSKAYA YADERNAYA PROMYSHLENNOST, Moscow, TsNIIATOMINFORM, 1994, p. 266.]

Zauralskiy Ore Region, Western Siberia
The estimated potential of this region is 200,000 tons of uranium. Prospecting has started on the Malinovskiy deposit. The Dolmatovo deposit is a part of the Zauralskiy ore region, located in the Kurgan oblast. The depth of the ore occurrence is 400-650 meters and the content of the uranium is .06 percent. It is extracted by underground leaching. The associated elements are scandium and rare earth elements. The Malyshevskiy Ore Mining Department of the Ministry of the Nuclear Power Industry has a license to develop the deposit and could produce 50-70 tons of uranium annually; this amount will most likely increase after a new installation is put on line.
[Irina Konyakhina, "Russia Declassifies Data On Uranium For The First Time," MOSCOW NEWS, 11/26/93, p. 7; List of Ministry of Atomic Energy Industry Facilities Subject to MC&A, 1992.]
 

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