en.Wedoany.com Reported - Russia's Trans-Baikal Territory became the region with the highest number of newly registered precious metal mining enterprises in the Far Eastern Federal District in 2025. According to a sample survey of data from the counterparty verification portal, of the 349 enterprises registered in the Far Eastern Federal District that year with the primary business of mining precious metal (gold, silver, and platinum group metals) ores and sands, 78 were located in the Trans-Baikal Territory, placing it first among the 11 constituent entities of the Far Eastern Federal District. Ranked second, Yakutia registered 74 such enterprises, while Magadan Oblast came in third with 54.
Among the 78 newly registered enterprises in the Trans-Baikal Territory, 9 have a registered capital of 100,000 rubles or more. The highest registered capital belongs to "Shila" LLC, amounting to a substantial 300 million rubles. The company was registered in May 2025 in the village of Smolenka, Chita, initially co-founded by Alexey Churkin's "UDS Golden Group" with a registered capital of only 10,000 rubles. In July 2025, "Shila" obtained license number ЧИТ 035349 БЭ for mineral exploration and extraction. In January 2026, its ownership changed to "Vertical" LLC, founded and led by Sergey Koleshkov. Sergey Koleshkov is the son of renowned gold miner Vladimir Koleshkov, who previously headed the "Chikoy" and "Ksenievsky" mines and has managed the "Dauria" gold miners' cooperative since 1992.
"Vertical" is also the owner of three other precious metal mining enterprises registered in Trans-Baikal in 2025, namely: "Olentaysky" LLC, with a registered capital of 95 million rubles, holding license ЧИТ 035348 БП since July 2025; "Davaksha" LLC, with a registered capital of 10 million rubles, holding exploration license ЧИТ 036995 БП since September 2025; and "Kuchugay" LLC, with a registered capital of 10 million rubles, holding exploration license ЧИТ 036994 БП since September 2025. Among these, "Olentaysky" and "Kuchugay" were initially co-founded with the participation of "Vostochny Gold" LLC, which is affiliated with the "UDS Golden Group."
Among the nine enterprises with the largest registered capital, two companies have connections to Chinese businessmen. "Luna" LLC has a registered capital of 300,000 rubles, with Yao Zhenzhong as its founder. "StroyDV" LLC has a registered capital of 100,000 rubles, with its founders being Yu Lixun (holding 50%), Pei Chunjie (holding 25%), and Nikolay Shevchenko (holding 25%).
As of last year, 18 of the newly registered enterprises in Trans-Baikal already hold exploration and extraction licenses for plots within the territory. Besides the aforementioned "Shila," those that have obtained extraction rights include: "Runo" LLC, which obtained licenses ЧИТ 042710 БЭ and ЧИТ 042708 БЭ in April 2026, with its founder being "Venger" LLC; and "Yelovka" LLC, which obtained license ЧИТ 039406 БЭ in December 2025, with 99% of its shares belonging to "Avtotrak" LLC.
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