Kazakhstani gold exploration company QAZ Gold BK has announced plans to conduct geological exploration work at the Berezovskaya licence area in the Samarsky District of East Kazakhstan Region between 2026 and 2030, according to a notice of planned activities filed by the company.
The programme covers the exploration of gold-bearing ores across a licence territory of 13.65 square kilometres, located 150 kilometres southeast of Ust-Kamenogorsk and five kilometres northeast of the district centre of Samarskoe village. The company holds a five-year exploration licence issued on 23 November 2025. It previously operated across ten licence blocks covering 22.5 square kilometres from 2021, but returned four blocks to the state in 2025.
Active fieldwork will be concentrated on an area of approximately 0.47 square kilometres across five named target zones: Berezovsky, Kanavy 73, Shest Kanav, Shirotny and Kanavy 19-46. The exploration programme includes topographic and geodetic surveys, route prospecting, core drilling and surface excavation works including the clearance of old workings and the sinking of prospecting trenches. Geological teams will work on site for two to five months each year.
The planned scope of work includes 60 linear kilometres of survey traverses, collection of 120 samples and drilling of 123 inclined boreholes totalling 7,395 linear metres. Eight old mining workings totalling 915 linear metres will also be cleared and examined. A second phase will encompass geomechanical and hydrological studies, culminating in a final resource report prepared to KAZRC standards and formal registration of resources and reserves with state authorities. The company noted that the licence area is home to foxes, wolves and occasional bears.
QAZ Gold BK is registered in Ust-Kamenogorsk. Its co-owners are listed as Altyн Astau LLP, Rauana Kanapiyanova and Diana Kanapiyanova. The sole owner and director of Altyn Astau — a company focused on precious metal and rare metal ore extraction registered in Almaty — is Wang Godun.
