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Derzhgeonadra auction: amber plot sold for UAH 91 million

The consulting company of the Chairman of the Board of the Amber Business Association of Ukraine won

On Friday, 16.08.2024, an online auction was held for the sale of a special permit for the amber-bearing Polyana field (geological exploration with pilot industrial development and further extraction, for 5 years) with an area of 44.63 hectares in Rivne region.

The bidding started at UAH 4,641,520. Three bidders competed for the lot, with the final bids as follows:

  • Amber Trade 24 LLC of Vadym Kyrylchuk – UAH 30,000,100;
  • Com Resource LLC (the initiator of the auction) of Sergiy Antonov, Mykhailo Kryshchenko, Andriy Vertyporokh – UAH 90,000,000;
  • Mykola Kotnyuk’s Consulting Company Profzeminvest LLC – UAH 91,000,000 (winner).

Mykola Kotniuk is the head of the Amber Business Association of Ukraine, which unites 24 participants in the amber industry.

Is the Polyana site worth the UAH 91 million investment in a 5-year special permit? NADRA.INFO asked the winner of the auction.

“Our specialists will conduct a survey of the site, analyze the available geological information, and obtain the conclusions of the legal department on the possibility of obtaining a temporary land plot. After that, the investors will make the final decision on the payment for the lot,” said Mykola Kotnyuk.

If the winner does not buy the special permit, he will lose UAH 2 million of the guarantee fee, and the right to buy it will go to Com Resource LLC.

It should be noted that this was the second attempt by the State Service of Geology and Subsoil of Ukraine to find an investor for the Polyana field. At an auction in July, the lot was valued at UAH 35 million, but the special permit remained unacquired. Then, another company of Mykola Kotnyuk, Ukrainian Amber LLC, offered UAH 22,000,001 for the Polyana plot.

Kom Resurs LLC also participated in the first auction, valuing the lot at UAH 4,710,000. In July, the company was solely controlled by Ivan Debeliy (Antonov, Kryshchenko and Vertyporokh became owners of the company in August.

 

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