Online auctions for 26 mineral deposits will take place on January 29, 2025, on the e-qazyna.kz platform in Kazakhstan. Interested investors can bid on 26 mineral deposits, including 10 deposits of precious metals, 2 polymetallic deposits, 2 gemstone deposits, and several coal and black metal ore deposits.
The Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development of Kazakhstan has announced a list of available plots for obtaining mining licenses. The starting bid for most deposits is 1,846 million tenge, with the exception of the Burabay-Zhalgyzagash polymetallic deposit in Kyzylorda region, which has a minimum starting bid of 30,362 million tenge.
Some of the notable mineral deposits up for auction include:
- Aktubinskaya Severnaya (4.19 km2) and Dalabaevskoye (3.82 km2) deposits of precious metals in Aktubinskaya and Zhetysu regions, respectively.
- Aulie-Yuzhnopriishminskaya (2.51 km2) deposit of precious metals in the North-Kazakhstan region.
- Burabay-Zhalgyzagash and Kysyl-Espe polymetallic deposits.
- Priozernoye and Kaynar gemstone deposits.
- Kuletskoye deposit of mica schists, Ushbulak asbestos deposit, and Aurtash deposit of celestine and barite-celestine ores.
- Kendyrlykskoye, Bogembaevskoye, and Taldykul coal deposits, as well as the 1st Dubovskaya field.
- East Karazhal, West Kamys, and Yesimzhal manganese ore deposits, and Masalskoye iron ore deposit, which also contains titanium.
To participate in the auction, interested parties must register on the e-qazyna.kz platform by 15 January .