Polymetal granted loan to kickstart POX second stage

Russia-based gold and silver miner Polymetal has agreed a ten-year loan of $77-million, with the money being partially used to finance construction of the second stage of the miner’s Amursk pressure oxidation plant (POX-2) in 2020/21.

The loan is based on at 5% fixed rate, and is taken with the Far East and Arctic Development Fund.