News & Publications

On the International Children’s Day Kyrgyz Investment and Credit Bank (KICB) and “Kumtor Operating Company” held a joint charity campaign “Dreams come true” for the orphans of Jeti-Oguz district

Additional US $30 million were transferred to the budget of the Kyrgyz Republic by Kumtor Operating Company this Tuesday, on May 29, 2012. The relevant documents with regard to the advance payment have been signed by the Company and the National Tax Service under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic on the eve

Centerra Gold Inc. (Centerra) and Kumtor Operating Company have summed up the operating results of the 1st quarter of 2012. During the first three months of 2012 Kumtor produced 60,707 ounces* or 1,888 kg of gold. Since the beginning of 2012, the Company has contributed more than Soms 1.37 billion in taxes and mandatory payments

SIFE – Kyrgyzstan 2012 Award Ceremony was held on May 29. A total number of 13 participant teams from Bishkek, Osh and Djalal-Abad took part in SIFE-2012 Championship

On May 26, 2012, the employees of Kumtor Operating Company organized voluntary cleanup day to improve the areas adjacent to the Center for Rehabilitation of Homeless Children and the Janusz Korczak Center of Children with Infantile Cerebral Paralysis. Also a canal section in Maldybayev Street was cleared up

On May 22, 2012 Kumtor Operating Company received the certificate On Compliance with the International Cyanide Management Code from the International Cyanide Management Institute (ICMI), confirming that Company’s operations with cyanide are in full compliance with the Code

During April, 2012, the Kumtor mine site was visited by Prizma LLC, an independent Canadian Consulting firm, specializing in the evaluation of environmental and social impacts of business activities

The training “Soil and Improvement of Soil Productivity by Means of Fertilizers. Process Chart and Seasonal Calendar” will be held for local communities by AgroLid experts at the Barskoon-based KOC’s Information Center on May 23-24, 2012

Under the project “A Value Added Chain for Apricots”, KOC’s Regional Information Center will hold a training session for Jety-Oguz and Ton residents on April 26-27, 2012, at Barskoon. The theme of the seminar is “Production Management and Fruit Garden Care”

In response to claims made by representatives of the movements Yntymak and Kyrgyzstan Jashtar Keneshi at the news conference on April 23, 2012, to the effect that a KOC driver had been involved in a road accident in Ton district on March 27, 2012

FP:Doing business in Kyrgyzstan looks pretty risky from the outside. How about from the inside? SL: Centerra or Cameco Gold, its predecessor, have been in Kyrgyzstan for almost 20 years, and there have been times when publicly it seems like there’s a lot of political risk and there are other times when it seems we have no political risk. The reality is always in between the two

A solemn ceremony of launching the construction of a new dormitory of the Center for Reabilitation of street children was held on April 10 in Bishkek