Interview with CEO of Polymetal, V. Nesis

On March 12th Polymetal celebrates is 15th anniversary. The CEO of the company, V. Nesis, talked about the start of the company, success and failures, and the new platinum business.

Q: 15th anniversary – is it a long or short period? It depends on what has been done and how to treat it. Let’s have a look. The company was founded by your brother. Did he tell you what it all began with?

A: I might not be aware of all the details but I know the general history. By the mid 90s there appeared the idea to use the personnel of the Soviet uranium sector which stayed in the central Asia to produce gold in Russia. Initially it was planned to produce it only by the heap leaching method but gradually the idea developed and in 1938 Polymetal was founded – the company which had a status of a technological expert in various methods of metal extraction.