About us Operations Sustainability News & media Contact us Asacha Gold Mine Home Operations Asacha Gold Mine Overview Where we operate Asacha Gold Mine Production Exploration Reserves & Resources Location The Asacha Gold Mine is located in Kamchatka in Far East Russia. The Asacha Gold Mine is some 150 kilometres to the south of the port of Petropavlovsk - Kamchatsky, the regional capital. Access to the mine site is by wheeled vehicle of which the first 90 km of the road is mostly paved, being the road to the Mutnovskaya geothermal power station. The remaining 60 km is along an unpaved all-weather road which has been constructed by the Company. The Company has helicopter landing facilities at the mine. Mine development Bringing the Asacha Gold Mine into Production 2003 VNIPI Feasibility Study 2005-2007 Metallurgical Test-work 2005 Environmental Impact Assessment 2006 Environmental Management Plan 2008 Development mining commenced Business Plan and Capital Cost Update 2011 Gold production commenced Geology Regional geology Kamchatka forms part of the Pacific 'Ring of Fire', a volcanically and seismically active zone that rings the Pacific Ocean. The peninsular is formed from a number of superimposed volcanic arcs, some of which are still active, that have been generated since the Tertiary age. The arcs are orientated north-northeast along the axis of the peninsular and are delineated by linear alignments of volcanoes and valleys. The presence of active volcanoes, geothermal springs and regular seismic events indicates that this activity is ongoing. Such geological conditions are conductive to the formation of epithermal style gold/silver deposits and are recognised as making the Pacific Rim geologically attractive to exploration companies looking for epithermal gold mineralisation. A large number of gold occurrences have been identified in Kamchatka, the majority of which occur in two distinct zones. The Vilyuchinskoye-Golsovskoye Zone, a northwest-southeast trending zone of gold occurrences, is of most importance in the context of Asacha and has been interpreted to be a result of regional scale rifting forming dilational structures between two strike-slip faults. Such dilational structures are recognised as being conducive to the formation of hydrothermal vein deposits such as at Asacha. Deposit geology © Trans-Siberian Gold plc Accessibility Terms and conditions Privacy & cookies Glossary of terms (PDF) Modern Slavery Act (PDF) Sitemap By emperor Cookie Policy Trans-Siberian Gold PLC's website uses cookies. By continuing to browse you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Click here for more information