STATE SERVICE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF UKRAINE

STATE COMMISSION OF UKRAINE ON MINERAL RESOURCES

Oleh KYRYLIUK, Head of the State Service of Geology and

Mineral Resources of Ukraine
Georgii RUDKO, Chairman of the State Commission on Mineral Resources,
Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, Doctor of
Geographical Sciences, Doctor of Technical Sciences,
Professor

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 STATE SERVICE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL
RESOURCES OF UKRAINE
Derzhgeonadra of Ukraine is a central body of the executive authority,
the activity of which is directed and coordinated by the Cabinet of
Ministers of Ukraine through the Minister of Ecology and Natural
Resources of Ukraine
MAIN TASKS
§ Implementation of the
state policy in the field
of geological study and
rational subsoil use

§ Ensuring of formation of the state

policy in the field of geological study
and rational subsoil use

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 AREAS OF DERZHGEONADRA’S ACTIVITY
Ø Effective management of the mineral
and raw materials base
Ø State registration and accounting of the
geologic prospecting works
Ø State supervision over the geological
subsoil study and their rational and
effective use
Ø Geologic and hydrogeologic mapping
with the determination of prospective
areas for all types of minerals
Ø Search of drinking groundwater and
artesian well drilling
Ø Geological data digitization
Ø Geological engineering and ecology
geological works

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 AREAS OF DERZHGEONADRA’S ACTIVITY
Ø Development of normative-legal acts in
subsoil use
Ø Issue of special permits for subsoil use under
competitive terms
Ø Supervision over observance of the
requirements in the field of geological study
and subsoil use by subsoil users
Ø Organization of the state expert appraisal and
evaluation of mineral reserves and resources,
and also other geological materials
Ø State accounting of deposits and balance of
mineral reserves
Ø International cooperation
Ø Organization of scientific, research, investment,
information, publishing activity, assistance in
creation and implementation of state-of-the-art
information technology and computer networks
in the relevant area
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Joint projects with the Chinese colleagues as regards geologic and
hydrogeologic mapping of the territory of Ukraine by the example of separate
areas with the determination of prospective zones for certain types of minerals
are considered to be prospective.

Comparison of practices of the UNFC application in China and Ukraine by

certain examples of mineral deposits and carrying out of economic-geological
deposit evaluation according to the international
reporting standards are also actual

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 Ukraine has a substantial mining potential
and takes impor tant place among the
countries in production of iron, titanium,
uranium and manganese ores, hard and
brown coal, kaolin clays, rock and potassium
salts, oil and gas and industrial materials
(dolomite, graphite, quar tz and other
minerals).

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 20 THOUSAND MINERAL DEPOSITS AND MANIFESTATIONS OF 94 TYPES OF
RAW MATERIALS HAVE BEEN ACCOUNTED IN UKRAINE . AMONG THEM 9,051
DEPOSITS OF COMMERCIAL SIGNIFICANCE, 3,349 DEPOSITS HAVE BEEN
DEVELOPED.

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THE BASIS OF ENERGY COMPLEX OF UKRAINE
IS PROVIDED BY THE DEPOSITS OF:
URANIUM Brown coal quarry
South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant

Brown coal deposits near the Dnieper

Region were discovered
First oil fields in Boryslav as early as XVI century.

COAL

Oil production in Ukraine has been known

since the beginning of the 17th century in
OIL AND GAS Ciscarpathia where oil was extracted with
buckets from wells at the depth of 4-6 m.
Commercial production started here in 8
1881 in Boryslav.
 URANIUM MINERAL AND RAW MATERIALS
BASE OF UKRAINE
Balance of uranium reserves in
IAEA study Ukraine
Uranium resources by IAEA net cost categories, t
category < 40 < 80 < 130 < 260
(Ukraine) USD/kg USD/kg USD/kg USD/kg
RAR
(reasonably
– 42,678 84,799 141,377
assured
resources)
IR (inferred
– 16,932 32,879 81,334
resources)
Total – 59,610 11,618 222,711

Prospective and speculative uranium

IAEA study resources
Uranium resources by net cost categories, t
< 80 < 130 < 260 USD/kg Net cost
category (Ukraine
USD/kg USD/kg undetermined
PR (prospective
resources of class – 8,350 22,540  
333)
SR (speculative
resources of class – – 120,000 255,000
334)
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Ukraine
there are over 20 uranium ore deposits with the total reserves of
over 200 ths t, speculative resources – over 250 ths t. 9
 Uranium ores of the albitite formation belong to crystal rocks and are
suitable for underground mining with the further multiphase ore-dressing.
Involvement of these deposits in production requires the creation of new mines
and ore mining & processing enterprises, and also financial resources. This is in
progress now, for example, for the development of the Novokostiantynivske
deposit, where a mining and processing enterprise is being built.
Some deposits are located in immediate proximity to operating mines of the
Eastern mining & processing enterprise, therefore it is expedient to use them for
provision of the existing enterprises.
The underground leaching technology can be used on the sandstone
deposits that enables to increase a volume of uranium production without
additional costs for recultivation of tailings dams with wastes and to decrease
simultaneously in operating costs. The experience of use of the
underground leaching technology on the Devladivske deposit and 25-year
aftereffect monitoring testifies to the fact that this technology is eco-friendly.

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 kostyantynivske

Chervonoyarska
Grushevska site
Novoguriivske

Safonivske

Surske,

Surske,
Sadove
Novo-

site
Parameters Units

1. Total reserves c.u. 91 400 1 740 3 000 750 1 292 843

2. Recoverable reserves c.u. 90 240 1 320 2 250 562 970 380
3. Annual enterprise capacity by uranium c.u. 1 635 95 150 50 62 48
4. Enterprise construction terms years 4 2 2 2 2 1
5. Deposit exploitation terms years 55 13 15 12 15 8
6. Deposit economic development terms years 59 15 17 14 17 9
7. Capital investments in construction $ mln. 510.0 35.0 58.5 14.5 25.3 10.0
8. Annual exploitation operating $ mln. 45.0 5.2 8.0 5.2 3.5 2.6
expenditures
9. Annual net income $ mln. 70.0 14.3 24.0 8.1 10.5 7.7
10. Capital investment recovery terms years 7.1 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.5
11. Profitability to capital investments % 13.7 41 40 55 41 77

Economic uranium reserves Capital investments Annual exploitation expenditures Annual net income
2250 562 970 25.3 10.0 3.5 2.6
380 14.5 5.2 Novokostyantynivske 10.5 7.7 70.0 Novokostyantynivske
1320 Novokostyantynivske 58.5 Novokostyantynivske
8.0 8.1
35.0
Novoguriivske Novoguriivske Novoguriivske
Novoguriivske
Safonivske Safonivske Safonivske
Safonivske
Sadove Sadove Sadove
Sadove

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Surske, Surske, Surske, Surske,
Grushevska site Grushevska site 5.2 Grushevska site 24.0 Grushevska site
Surske, Surske, Surske,
Surske,

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90240 510.0 Chervonoyarska site 14.3 Chervonoyarska site
Chervonoyarska site Chervonoyarska site 45.0
 THERE ARE THREE MAIN COAL BASINS IN UKRAINE:
LVIV-VOLYN BASIN DONETSK COAL BASIN
Geological coal reserves – 2.1 bln t, Hard coal reserves and resources – 52 bln t
1.05 bln t of them are balance ones or 92.4% of total coal reserves in Ukraine
coking coal – 16.3 bln t (31.2 %),
anthracites – 7.6 bln t (14.6 %)

DNIPRO BROWN COAL BASIN

Reserves and resources – 6.4 bln t

Dnipro basin is investment attractive from the point of view of

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 DETAILED MINING AND GEOLOGICAL DATA ON COAL PRODUCTION
DONETSK DNIPRO LVIV-VOLYN
A mine in Donets Basin Brown coal opencast mine
Coal mine
“Novovolynska”

q Area – 60 ths km2 q Area – 150 ths km2;

q Brown coal reser ves and
q Area – 10 ths km2
q 330 coal beds are
resources – 6.4 bln t q Geological coal reserves –
revealed, among which
q Bed thickness – from 15-40 m; 2.1 bln t, among which 1.05
100 are suitable for
q Depth of bed occurrence – 2- bln t are balance reserves
development; 150 m; q Depth of bed occurrence –
q Bed thickness - 0.45-2.4 q Prevailing production method 250 – 750 m.
m; (88.2%) – quarry ; q Maximum depth of bed
q Prevailing depth of bed q Ash-content of extracted coal –
21.7%;
development – 550 m
occurrence – up to 1,800
q Total carbon content - 60-69%; q Bed thickness – from 0.55 to
m;
q Fuel efficiency – 1,800-1,900 1.5 m
q D e p t h o f b e d
kilocalorie per kilogram; q Ash-content of extracted
development – 700 m, q Yield of volatile substances - coal – 47.6%.
maximum – 1,400 m; 58-65 %
q Ash-content of extracted 1
coal - 36.2 %; 3
 Prospective unconventional gas basins in
PROSPECTIVE ZONES OF Eastern Europe

UNCONVENTIONAL GAS
PRODUCTION IN UKRAINE

Ø Speculative shale gas resources

in Ukraine – 1–1.5 tln m3
Ø Speculative dense ro c k ga s
resources in the Western region
– 1 - 2 t l n m 3 , i n t h e E a s te r n
region - 3-8.5 tln m3
Ø Speculative gas resources of low-
penetrating Upper Cretaceous
deposits of the Carpathian
region – 1.1 tln m3
Ø Total methane resources of the
coal deposits in Ukraine – 1.8 - PROSPECTIVE GAS BEDS IN SHALE STRATA
12 tln m3 AND DENSE ROCKS
Ø Gas resources of a deep-water
Depth of
part of the Black Sea shelf - Basin Prospective complexes
occurrence, m
3
4–13 tln m Mid-Carboniferous 2,400–4,500
Ø Speculative hydrate gas Lower Carboniferous 1,500–4,000
Dnipro-Donetsk
Upper Carboniferous 1,500–4,000
resources in the Ukrainian sector
3 Devonian 2,000–3,000
of the Black Sea - 7 tln m Cambrian 1,500–4,000
Liublinskyi (Volyn-Podillia)
Silurian 1,500–2,800
Carpathian Upper Cretaceous 2,000–6,000

New technological solutions are required for the development of 1

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 OIL AND GAS
NATURAL GAS RESERVES ‒ 924.1 BLN M3, GAS CONDENSATE ‒ 50.9 MLN Т, OIL 
‒ 121.3 MLN Т, RESOURSE HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL - 8,416 mln TOE

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About 400 oil and gas deposits in all have been discovered in
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Ukraine, 28 of which have mining reserves from 30 to 700
 METALLIC MINERALS
Ukraine is among the countries with the most developed ferrous metallurgy due to the presence
of unique raw materials base of iron and manganese ores within its territory. The mining and
smelting complex of Ukraine plays a very important role in national economy providing about
27% of a total volume of industrial production in the country, up to 10 % of tax deductions to the
budget and over 40% of currency receipts.
Location of iron and manganese ore deposits in Ukraine

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 METALLIC MINERALS
IRON ORE
Three iron ore basins: Kryvyi Rih (90%), Kremenchuh, Bilozirske where about 100 iron
deposits and prospective manifestations are concentrated, among which 58 are accounted by
the State Balance, and 22 are being developed.
Prospected balance iron ore reserves by class code 111 – 22 bln t, inferred reserves by class
code 122 – 8 bln t, off-balance reserves – 5 bln t.
Ukraine has about 6% of world iron reserves.
MANGANESE ORE
Commercial manganese ore reserves are concentrated within the biggest in the world
Nikopol manganese ore basin.
The State Balance has accounted manganese ore reserves of the Nikopol, Fedorivske and
Velyko-Tokmatske deposits: by class codes 111 – 2.2 bln t, 122 – 200 mln t, off-balance – 60
mln t. Besides natural sedimentary manganese deposits the State Balance has accounted
reserves of the technogenic ones.
Improvement of the carbonate ore enrichment and processing technology is also actual.
Division of manganese reserves by ore types Division of reserves in the deposits under
(mln t) development by ore types (by class code 111 mln t)

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 METALLIC MINERALS
TITANIUM
The State Reserve Balance has accounted 26 deposits of magmatic (primary), hypergenic
(residual) and placer types, including four technogenic ones. 14 deposits (placer and weathering
deposits) are being developed. Basic titanium resources are concentrated in primary deposits.
Titanium ore reserves and resources in Ukraine exceed the total titanium reserves of all other
countries
ZIRCONIUM of the world.
Ukraine has substantial zirconium reserves. The State Reserve Balance has accounted 13 deposits,
among which there are 8 placer
Mineral raw materials base
ones, 4 technogenic ore sand
of
deposits and a primar y one.
titanium-zirconium ores
The complex deposits:
Vo vc h a n s ke , t h e B a l k a K r u t a
technogenic deposit are being
d e v e l o p e d , t h e Ta r a s i v s k e ,
Z l o b y t s ke a n d Tro s t i a n e t s ke
d eposits are preparing for
BERILLIUM
development.
The Perzhanske berillium ore
deposit that belongs to
metasomatites of quartz-feldspar
and feldspar composition has
been explored in Ukraine. At
present the deposit is not
developed. However berillium There are prospects for discovering the deposits of
reserves are sufficient for the 1
lithium, chromium, aluminum, copper, nickel, lead and
creation of a mining enterprise.
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 GOLD AND
The Ukrainian Shield
Speculative gold resources 2,400 t
Deposits: Serhiivske, Balka, Zolota, Balka Shyroka,
Maiske, Klyntsivske, Yuriivske (620 t gold) SILVER
Ukraine has 3 gold-bearing
provinces: the Carpathians,
Donbas and
the Ukrainian Shield.

Donbas
The Carpathians Speculative gold resources 400 t
Speculative resources of gold 400 t, Bobrykivske deposit
silver – 5.5 ths t, zinc – 5.3 mln t.
Deposits: Muzhiivske, Sauliak 1
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 NON-METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES
APATITE ORES Р2О5 GLAUCONITE SULFUR
6 deposits 3 deposits 13 deposits
Reserves~ 3 bln t Reserves ~ 6 mln t Reserves ~ 80 mln t

BISCHOFITE POTASSIUM SALT К2О

2 deposits 13 deposits
Reserves~ 65 mln t Reserves~ 3.6 mln t
SAPROPEL
308 deposits
Reserves~ 86 ths t
PHOSPHORITE ORES WHITE SALT
9 deposits 14 deposits
Reserves~ 474 mln t Reserves~ 16 bln
t

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 AMBER SAMPLES FROM AMBER
THE UKRAINIAN POLISSIA
Ukrainian amber is very colourful by a range of shades, there
are even sorts with a green-yellow shade.

The Baltic-Dnipro Province

Sand-clay deposits of the Oligocene Mezhyhirska
suite
Depth of occurrence: 2-12 m
Content of raw amber: 10-250 g/m3 (average– 57
g/m3)
Grain size: 5-150 mm
Deposits: Klesivske, Vilne

The Carpathian Subprovince

Miocene sandstones and sandy limestones
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Grain sizes: 1–5 cm to 10 cm, weight – 0.5–50 g
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 MINERAL WATERS
Ukraine has 302 areas explored on 232 deposits of mineral groundwater,
the useful reserves of which make: by class codes 111 – 89,532.6 m3/day,
122 – 750.0 m3/day, off-balance – 2,779.0 m3/day. 168 are being operated (55.6%)

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 CONCLUSIONS
Prospects for Ukraine-China cooperation can be seen in the
following main aspects:
1. Environmental. As Ukraine and China are mining countries with the
long history of mining complex functioning, a possibility of experience
exchange and potential cooperation as regards the practice of land
reclamation transformed through the mineral development seems to
be very interesting.

2. Technological. Development and implementation of new

technology solutions for extraction of certain types of minerals, the
manifestations and deposits of which have no commercial significance
under present market conditions and with available technologies,
open new prospects for expansion and development of the mineral
raw materials base of the region. Ukraine is open for cooperation and
involvement of scientific and technological experience such leading
countries as China.

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 CONCLUSIONS
3. Socioeconomic. At present the normative legal regulation in
Ukraine is being improved and reformed according to the international
laws. So, with the purpose of transfer of the Ukrainian data on mineral
reserves and resources to the international reporting standards, the
works over creation of the National Classification of Mineral Reserves
and Resources corresponding to the United Nations International
Framework Classification -2009 (UNFC-2009) are carrying out. In this
context cooperation between Ukraine and China is very fruitful.

4. UKRAINE IS RICH IN MINERALS, IT HOLDS OPEN AUCTIONS

FOR GRANTING SUBSOIL USE LICENSES. AT THE SAME TIME IT IS
INTERESTED IN INVESTMENTS – WE WELCOME POTENTIAL
INVESTORS TO UKRAINE !!

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ATTENTION!