The Makmal gold mine is an

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Toguz-Toro District Toguz-Toro () is a Districts of Kyrgyzstan, district of Jalal-Abad Region in western Kyrgyzstan. The administrative seat lies at Kazarman. Its area is , and its resident population was 25,497 in 2021. Population Rural communities and villages I ...

Jalal-Abad Region Jalal-Abad (; ) is a region (''oblast, oblus'') of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is the city of the same name, Jalal-Abad. It is surrounded by (clockwise from the north) Talas Region, Chüy Region, Naryn Region, Osh Region, and Uzbekistan. Jalal-Abad ...

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains, Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Kyrgyzstan, largest city. Kyrgyz ...

, just to the south of

Kazarman Kazarman is the village and capital of Toguz-Toro District, Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan on the river Naryn. Its population was 11,191 in 2021. According to one source,Laurence Mitchell (2008) ''Kyrgyzstan''. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 230. "this p ...

. It was the largest gold mine in the

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. The mine is currently run by the Makmal gold mining

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, or Makmalaltyn (), a branch of Kyrgyzaltyn (a

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), and has an output of close to 1.2 tonnes of gold per year.

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Geography of Kyrgyzstan Economy of Kyrgyzstan Gold mines in Kyrgyzstan Jalal-Abad Region Gold mines in the Soviet Union Surface mines in Kyrgyzstan {{mine-stub