Rob’s guest this week is Eugene Antonov, the COO of Trans-Siberian Gold Management. With over twenty years’ experience, consisting of operations and finance on a global perspective, Eugene has helped Trans-Siberian to grow into one of the most valuable and impressive gold concerns in the world.

Eugene joins Rob this week to discuss the outlook for mining in Russia, the developments in the Russian mining space in general, and the surprising effect that the Coronavirus has had upon Trans-Siberian’s gold operations.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Eugene has over twenty years’ experience in mining, with a special focus on managerial positions with a responsibility for mine-site operations and finance.
• With a mining and finance background to draw upon, Eugene feels well placed in the industry, as the two paths compliment each other in terms of discipline.
• Since 2011, Trans-Siberian has produced over 300,000 ounces of refined gold from its main operation in Eastern Russia.
• Kamchatka is remote, but this means that geographically speaking, it is relatively unexplored. This has led to a wealth of opportunities in the region.
• On average it takes about three months to deliver the main mining materials from around the world, to the Kamchatka mine. This means effective planning must be employed at all times.
• Russia is one of the largest producers of gold in the world. It is also one of the largest producers of certain diamond types, and has one of the finest mining labour forces, globally speaking.
• Coronavirus has affected the global markets significantly. Surprisingly, this has led to savings in the gold industry, who are enjoying an approximate 10% reduction in costs. Trans-Siberian is now better poised for growth both organically and through selective creative acquisitions.

.BEST MOMENTS

‘We want profitable ounces’

‘Growth is part of our strategy’

‘It’s known for its typical high-grade deposits’

‘Mining is in the DNA of this country’

‘We don’t want to acquire ounces for the sake of ounces’

VALUABLE RESOURCES

 

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Eugene Antonov LinkedIn - https://ru.linkedin.com/in/eugene-antonov-1504b38

Trans-Siberian Gold - http://www.trans-siberiangold.com

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ABOUT THE HOST

Rob Tyson is an established recruiter in the mining and quarrying sector and decided to produce the “Dig Deep” The Mining Podcast to provide valuable and informative content around the mining industry. He has a passion and desire to promote the industry and the podcast aims to offer the mining community an insight to peoples experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry topics.

Rob is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specialising in all areas of mining across the globe from first world to third world countries from Africa, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australia. We source, headhunt and discover new and top talent talent through a targeted approach and search methodology and have a proven track record in sourcing and positioning exceptional candidates into our clients organisation in any mining discipline or level. Mining International provides a transparent, informative and trusted consultancy service to our candidates and clients to help them develop their careers and business goals and objectives in this ever-changing marketplace.

 

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