en.Wedoany.com Reported - On June 3, 2026, VDV LLC (ООО «ВДВ») and Druzhba LLC (ООО «Дружба») won the auction for placer gold mine blocks in Yakutia. VDV LLC bid 75.271 million rubles for the "Ice Creek" block in the Neryungri District, which is 9.7 times the starting one-time payment amount. Other participants in the bidding for this block included Progress LLC (ООО «Прогресс»), Charan LLC (ООО «Чаран»), Nord LLC (ООО «Норд»), Lyubo LLC (ООО «Любо»), and Druzhba LLC. ZDP Druzhba LLC (ООО ЗДП «Дружба») and Bonus LLC (ООО «Бонус») were not allowed to participate in the auction. The winning bidder will receive an exploration and mining license valid for 8 years after paying the one-time payment. The block covers an area of 0.54 square kilometers, with reserves of 68 kg of gold in C2 category and 1 kg of gold in C2 заб. category.
Druzhba LLC won the auction for the "Sluchainy Creek, Right Tributary of the Allakh-Yun River" block in the Ust-Maya District. The company bid 1.779 million rubles, slightly above the starting price of 1.617 million rubles, to obtain an exploration and mining license valid for 6 years. Competing bidders included Charan LLC, Severspetsstroy LLC (ООО «Северспецстрой»), and VDV LLC. The bid from DSM LLC (ООО «ДСМ») was rejected by the bidding committee. The C1 category balance reserves for open-pit mining at this deposit include 8,000 cubic meters of sand and 9 kg of gold.
Background information on the winning parties shows that VDV LLC was registered in Yakutsk in December 2025, with owners being General Director Valery Sannikov (Валерий Санников, holding 70% stake) and Zoloto Timptona LLC (ООО «Золото Тимптона») (since February 2016). As of now, the enterprise holds no exploration or mining licenses for any precious metals. The other winning party, Druzhba LLC, was registered in Yakutsk in November 2011, founded by General Director Semyon Du (Семен Ду, formerly known as Chinese citizen Du Jianhong (Цзяньхун Ду)). The company holds 4 exploration licenses and 6 precious metal mining licenses in Yakutia. Semyon Du (Семен Ду) is also the founder of 24 enterprises, including, besides Druzhba LLC, 21 gold mining enterprises (by primary business activity) located in Yakutia and 1 gold mining enterprise in the Amur Region.
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