Kazakhstan-registered exploration company ALTYN GEO RESOURCE has announced plans to begin geological exploration at the Taldy alluvial gold prospect in the Samarsky District of East Kazakhstan Region, the latest in a series of licence areas the company is advancing simultaneously across the region.
The Taldy licence area covers 15.8 square kilometres across seven blocks, located approximately 45 kilometres northwest of the city of Altai. The company received its solid minerals exploration licence from the Ministry of Industry and Construction on 30 December 2025. The programme is designed to evaluate alluvial gold prospectivity and calculate reserves to KazRC standards, with the primary objectives of delineating the productive layer, determining overburden and sand thicknesses, and assessing gold grades and processing characteristics.
Exploration will use percussion cable drilling on a grid of 200 to 400 metres between lines and 20 to 40 metres between holes, with approximately 100 boreholes planned across a total of 3,000 linear metres at an average depth of 30 metres. UAV aerial photography will provide detailed topographic mapping at scales of 1:2,000 to 1:5,000. An estimated 257.9 tonnes of samples will be collected. Field operations will be conducted on a rotational basis with teams of 16 specialists working 15-day shifts. The programme is scheduled to run from the first quarter of 2026 through to the fourth quarter of 2031, with the final phase producing a geological report and KazRC-compliant reserve calculation.
The Taldy area is characterised by gold mineralisation associated with fracture, shear and silicification zones in terrigenous rocks, with arsenopyrite serving as an indicator of the highest concentrations of fine-grained gold.
ALTYN GEO RESOURCE is simultaneously advancing two further alluvial gold exploration programmes. In Abai Region’s Zharminsk District, a 20.26 square kilometre licence area called Nizhny Agynykatti is targeted for work commencing in the fourth quarter of 2026 through to end-2031. In East Kazakhstan’s Ulansky District, the Taldybulak licence area of 11.23 square kilometres is similarly scheduled for the same period, with the company noting that gold content in the Taldybulak river valley is irregular in distribution.
The company’s co-owners are listed as Xingwang Engineering Kazakhstan Co. Ltd and Inzhu Caspian Gold LLP. The ownership of Xingwang Engineering Kazakhstan is not publicly disclosed, though its director is identified as Liu Xiangju.
