Illegal gold miners have destroyed more than 4,000 square meters of land in eastern Kazakhstan.
In the Zherminsky district of the Aby region in Kazakhstan, the activities of a group that illegally mined gold without a proper permit were stopped. A 15-meter-deep quarry was discovered on the spot, and among the objects seized were 7 sacks containing gold, two loaders and an excavator.
The test revealed that the gold ore was mined in open pit mining and then washed using special equipment. The volume of the illegally mined rock mass exceeded 12,000 square meters. The area of the damaged fertile soil layer was more than 4,000 square meters.
During an operational search activity, nine people involved in illegal mining were identified.