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2025
Purchase of gold mining companies in Yakutia and the Trans-Baikal Territory for 50 billion rubles
In December 2025, the Okto group of companies announced the acquisition of gold mining assets in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and the Trans-Baikal Territory. The transaction includes a full buyback of shares of Novo-Shirokinsky Mine JSC from the Range Group, as well as the assets of the East European Mining Company (VEDK), which operates at fields in the Oymyakonsky ulus of Yakutia. To finance the operation, the group attracts a loan from Promsvyazbank in the amount of more than 50 billion rubles. Read more here.
Purchase of Zapadnaya
In April 2025, the Zapadnaya Gold Mining Group (Zapadnaya Mining Group) announced a change of ownership. The buyer was the Okto group, which in 2024 bought ZDK Lenzoloto from Polyus. The parent company of the Zapadnaya group is MKAO West Gold Mining Limited. Until April 2025, managers were its controlling shareholders; in April 2025, a group of private investors bought 100% of the shares. GK "Zapadnaya" produces about 3 tons of gold per year and is one of the top 15 largest gold miners in the country. Read more here
