Jerui gold mine pays 20 billion soms to Kyrgyz treasury in 2026's first nine months

Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov said the Jerui gold deposit contributed 20 billion soms to the state treasury over the first nine months of 2026. He made the announcement on November 2, 2026, during a meeting with residents of Talas city and the Talas and Bakay-Ata districts.

According to the president, the enterprise has also directed 3.5 billion soms to local development funds since 2021. Jerui, the second-largest gold deposit in Kyrgyzstan, is developed by the company Alliance Altyn, which provides jobs for about 1,000 people, most of them residents of Talas. The company pays income tax, value-added tax and corporate profit tax, as well as other payments to the national budget.

Of the local funds, 50% goes to the Talas Region Development Fund, 30% to the Talas District Development Fund and 20% to the budget of the Shumkar-Uya rural municipality, where the deposit is located. Zhaparov also noted significant mineral reserves in the Talas Valley, including gold and copper at Taldy-Bulak and Andash, silver at Kumushtak, and construction materials such as quartz sand, limestone, granite and marble.