«Baladzhan» quartzite deposit

Kyrgyzaltyn OJSC has License 7418 TE dated November 2, 2023 for development and License TR 7419 dated November 2, 2023 for exploration of the Baladzhan field.

The size of the licensed area is 260 hectares.

The Baladzhan deposit is located in the Talas Valley, occupying the eastern tip of the isolated Baladzhan Mountains.

Administratively, the field is located on the territory of the Talas district of the Talas region of the Kyrgyz Republic. The nearest settlement is the Shumkar village, located 2 km northeast of the field and consists of several residential and commercial buildings with a limited number of inhabitants.

The Baladzhan deposit occupies the southeastern part of the mountains of the same name, which have a northwestern orientation. The length of the studied area is 3.1 km, width from 0.4 km to 2.0 km.

The deposit has 3 sheet-like bands of light gray quartzites R2-3 with a length of 750 m, 3000 m, 2500 m with a width of 90-170 m, 110-220 m, 600 m, respectively.    

Silica content 98%. It is possible to obtain concentrates with a SiO2 content of 99.7-99.8%.

At the Northern site of the Baladzhan quartzite deposit, issued by Kyrgyzaltyn OJSC, the balance geological reserves of quartzites in categories C1 + C2 in the amount of: 6.7 million tons of quartzite, including by category: category C1 – 4.1 million tons; category C2 – 2.5 million tons.