Polyus will invest ₽30 billion in the project for gold mining at the deposits of the Southern group of deposits of the Kuranakh ore field, which includes 11 deposits in the Aldan district of Yakutia. Project involves the construction of a heap leaching site with the capacity to process 12 million tons of ore per year. In 2022, Polyus' Kuranakh mill produced 7.5 tons of gold.