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Polymetallic Holding Seligdar (MOEX: SELG; hereinafter – Seligdar or Holding Group) won the first place in the MINEXcellence competition for cases of digital transformation and breakthrough technologies of mining and metallurgical enterprises. It was held as part of the 20th Mining and Exploration Forum Minex Russia-2024.

Seligdar's scientific and technical developments were showcased in the MINETECH nomination, where solutions for enhancing the operational efficiency of companies competed.

The Holding Group's projects on the rational use of mineral resources addressed the issues of the deposits development related to processes for extracting additional metal from sorption tailings, involvement in the processing of off-balance ore reserves using the XRF method and the prospects for processing gold and copper ore through heap leaching.

According to the results of all the competitions, Seligdar solutions won not only in the MINETECH nomination, but were also recognized as the overall best among all the entries presented at the competition by companies from the mining and metallurgical industry and were awarded the main prestigious award Miner.

Sergey Tatarinov, CEO of Seligdar PJSC:

‘Seligdar pays special attention to the development of its own technological solutions for mining deposits. We are grateful to the industry community for such a high assessment of our activities. The Company's specialists are constantly seeking out new ideas that improve the quality and efficiency of gold mining processes. A few years ago, our preliminary thermal ore treatment facility was awarded a Miner, and it shows today very good results at the Samolazovskiy production complex’.

The MINEXcellence competition aims to search for breakthrough technologies, from prototypes to finished products, in the field of digital and technological transformations of enterprises from geological, mining and metallurgical industries. When evaluating the entries submitted for the competition, their potential in the formation of the exploration, mining and metallurgical industries of the "future", with a high margin of safety and economic efficiency, is taken into account.