The Federal Property Management Agency has announced auctions for the sale of the Yuzhuralzoloto group. This is stated in the message of the department.
The Government of the Russian Federation has decided to sell 67.2% of the shares of the gold mining company PJSC Yuzhuralzoloto Group of Companies (YUGK) and other companies belonging to the YUGK group, whose assets were previously transferred to the ownership of the Russian Federation by the decision of the Sovetsky District Court of Chelyabinsk at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation.
The total market value of assets is estimated at 162.02 billion rubles: PJSC Yuzhuralzoloto Group of Companies (67.2% of shares) - 140.437 billion rubles, LLC YUGK Management Company (100% of shares) - in 9.124 billion rubles, LLC "Business Asset" (100% of shares) in 542.4 million rubles, LLC "Home" (100% of shares) - 10.44 billion rubles, Arbat-City LLC (80% of shares) - 1 rub., Uraltranskomplekt LLC (100% of shares) – 434.067 million rubles, Agrocomplex Ecomodul LLC (67% of shares) – 529.8 million rubles, Predgorye Gardens LLC (67% of shares) – 477.973 million rubles, Loading and Transport Management LLC (1% of shares) - 18.004 million rubles, Korkinsky Excavator and Wagon Repair Plant LLC (1% share) - 13.469 million rubles.
The Federal Property Management Agency plans to announce an auction for the sale as early as May 8, 2026. The collection of applications will last 5 working days until May 15, 2026. The auction results will be announced on May 18, 2026.
The auction step will be 2% of the initial sale price – 3.24 billion rubles.
Participants need to submit an application for participation in the auction on the Roseltorg site and make a deposit of 20% of the initial bidding price – 32.4 billion rubles.
For the auction to be recognized as having taken place, the participation of one buyer who submitted an application, a set of documents provided for in the bidding documentation, and who made a deposit will be sufficient.
Yuzhuralzoloto Group of Companies (YUGK) is a Russian gold mining company that produces in Russia in two hubs – the Ural Hub (Chelyabinsk Region) and the Siberian Hub (Krasnoyarsk Territory, Khakassia). The extracted ore is processed at our own facilities. The estimated, identified and estimated (MI&I) resources of YUGK amount to 46 million ounces of gold equivalent, which is sufficient to ensure stable operation of the company for at least 30 years.
Since November 22, 2023, YUGK shares have been trading on the Moscow Stock Exchange under the ticker UGLD and ISIN RU000A0JPP37. YUGK is also an issuer of exchange-traded bonds in the amount of $200 million settled in rubles (ISIN: RU000A10B008) and $40 million settled in rubles (ISIN: RU000A10D4P0). Since December 20, 2024, the company's shares have been included in the calculation base of the Moscow Exchange Index and the RTS Index.
The net profit of PJSC Yuzhuralzoloto Group of Companies (YUGK) under IFRS for 2025 increased by 81.2% to RUB 16 billion from RUB 8.8 billion a year earlier. Revenue increased by 43.4% to RUB 108.8 billion from RUB 75.9 billion, and EBITDA increased by 23.9% to RUB 42.6 billion from RUB 34.4 billion. Net debt increased by 10% to 83.8 billion rubles.
The company has settled the main legal disputes that arose with government agencies in previous periods, said Semyon Grinko, President of YUGK.
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