The exploratory subdivisions of Prognoz Group started the field work. During the season of 2017 the Group carried out geophysical and mining operations in the promising areas of the North-Yeniseysky and Motyginsky districts of the Krasnoyarsk Territory (ore gold, base metals), and a complex of prospecting works continues at the peat deposits in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District. Geochemical searches have been started on new areas in the Irkutsk region (Bodaibo District). The exploration work of the Group will for the first time be deployed abroad, on the African continent.