24.9% share of Klen LLC is a mining company that owns licenses for exploration and production of gold and silver at the Klen deposit and in areas of the Verkhne-Krichalskaya area in Chukotka. Reserves are estimated at approximately 18 tons of gold and 42 tons of silver. There is no mining yet. After reaching design capacity, gold production at Klen LLC will reach 50–60 thousand ounces per year.
The company is part of the Areal gold mining group (until November 2025 - Highland Gold).
The cost of the sold 24.9% is about 498.14 million rubles.
Buyer
ZPIF "Soglasie Plus" and ZPIF "Tsifron" under the management of Ascent Management Company.
The shareholders of the closed mutual fund are not disclosed. But the closed mutual fund Tsifron owns 50% in the IT company Camera Biay and 33.3% in the agricultural enterprise Bityugov Bereg. In the latter, 33.4% belongs to businessman Peter Shatrov, who was also a co-owner of the Camera Biay company. Mr. Shatrov also owns a stake in the construction company Glavpromstroy, where his partner was the former head of the Ministry of Construction of the Moscow Region, Sergei Pakhomov. In addition, Petr Shatrov had a common business with the founder of Capital Group, Pavel Tyo.
MKAO Areal ranks second in gold mining in the Russian Federation with an indicator of 33 tons in 2024.
Vladislav Sviblov is a former top manager of the developer PIK.
After the transaction, he retains a stake of 75.1%.
Investment periods in gold mining can last for 3-5 years. With the current cost of funding, owners are trying to replace bank debt with equity capital, and only in some sectors, including gold mining, is demand meeting supply. Involving a partner allows you to avoid increasing your debt burden. At the end of 2023 (latest data), long-term and short-term liabilities of the Areal company amounted to 9.86 billion rubles.
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