The Raygorodok mine is approximately 70km south-west of the city of Shchuchinsk, in the Akmola Region of northern Kazakhstan, around 200km north-west of the capital, Astana. The mine is an owner-operated open pit operation comprising two pits, North Raygorodok (NRG) and South Raygorodok (SRG), utilising conventional truck-and-shovel mining methods with an estimated life of mine of 17 years from July 2025. The process plant comprises a carbon-in-pulp (CIP) circuit, supplemented by a heap leach operation treating low-grade oxide and mixed ore. The CIP plant commenced operation in September 2022 and reached full production in 2023; work is underway to expand its capacity from 5Mt/a to 6Mt/a.