Turks given green light to access Ukrainian graphite
The court unblocked a graphite ore deposit, the reserves of which would last for 130 years for the future processing plant.
The ban that prevented the State Service of Geology and Subsoil of Ukraine from issuing a special permit for graphite ore mining at the Gorodnyavsky section of the Burtynske deposit in the Khmelnytsky region has been lifted. NADRA.info referring to Decree Supreme Court (SC) dated 30.08.2022.
Let us recall that the special permit for the Gorodnyavsky section of the Burtinsky deposit was issued by the State Geological Survey played out March 31, 2021. The winner was Spear Ukraine LLC, a company with Turkish roots (close to the ONUR group; we wrote about the company's interest in Ukrainian subsoil resources). here). The winner's bid was twice as high as the second-place bid, from Susanna Trityachenko's Prospectors LLC.
Spear Ukraine signed a purchase and sale agreement for the special permit on April 21, 2021; however, the special permit has not yet been granted. We wrote about the reasons in the article. Legal battles over Ukraine's strategic mineral resourcesWhy haven't the Turks entered the massive graphite deposit yet? Briefly, the owners of land within the subsoil use area—Kislotoupor LTD LLC and Oleg Trytyachenkoabout.
In one of the claims, the Kyiv District Administrative Court (KDC) applied security and, on June 18, 2021, prohibited the State Geological Survey from taking any actions aimed at issuing a special permit for the Gorodnyavsky section of the Burtynske field following the results of the electronic auction of March 31, 2022. On October 26, 2021, the KDC's decision was upheld by the Sixth Administrative Court of Appeals (SHAAC).
According to the decision According to the Decree of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine dated July 16, 2021, put into effect by the Decree of the President of Ukraine dated July 23, 2021 No. 306/2021, graphite is recognized as a mineral of strategic importance.
While only Spear Ukraine LLC filed a complaint with the appellate court, both the auction winner and the State Geological Survey have already filed a cassation appeal with the Supreme Court. The administrative case materials were submitted to the Supreme Court in November 2021, but the case was not heard until August 2022. Therefore, List Ukraine twice requested expedited proceedings—on July 11, 2022, and August 5, 2022. On the eve of the first motion for expedited proceedings, Emre Karaahmetoglu, a co-conspirator in Spear Ukraine LLC (controls 5% of the capital and is the representative of the ONUR Group in Ukraine), was seen among the participants in a meeting with representatives of road construction contractors in Ukraine about the specifics of infrastructure construction in the face of full-scale Russian aggression, held by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Turks given green light to access Ukrainian graphite // Co-owner of Spear Ukraine and ONUR representative Emre Karaahmetoglu during a meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Source: https://www.president.gov.ua/news/prezident-proviv-naradu-shodo-budivnictva-infrastrukturnih-o-76401
Turks given green light to Ukrainian graphite // Participants in a meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Co-owner of Spear Ukraine is second from the right. Source: https://nashigroshi.org/2022/07/11/kryvoriz-kyy-biznesmen-karamanits-uviyshov-do-vuz-koho-kola-pidriadnykiv-iaki-potrapyly-na-zustrich-z-zelens-kym/
Gorodnyavsky section of the Burtinsky deposit is located in the Khmelnytskyi region. The area is 105 hectares. The mining and geological conditions of the deposit are favorable for open-pit mining. The graphite reserves of the Gorodnyavsky section of the Burtynsky deposit are included in the State Register of Graphite and as of 01.01.2020 are as follows: ore (thousand tons) — per category: B—28165,3, C1—85225,6, B+C1—113.9, C2-16586,7, off-balance — 9372,6; graphite (thousand tons) — per category: B—1736, C1—4848,7, B+C1—6584,7, C2—898,9, off-balance — 275,7.
According to the permanent feasibility study, a large-scale enterprise with an annual ore mining and processing capacity of 1 million tons and graphite concentrate production of 55,9 tons could be created using the extensively explored reserves of the Gorodnyavsky section of the Burtinskoye deposit. The enterprise's reserve life is 130 years.
LLC "Spear Ukraine" was founded in 2010 under the name "Gloria Jeans Coffees Lviv" (the brand name of a popular Lviv coffee shop). Until July 2020, the company's owner was listed as Emre Karaahmetoglu, the chief coordinator of the Onur Group in Ukraine. From July 2020 to April 2021, the sole founder and owner of the company was Turkish citizen Çakmak Fırat.
As of September 8, 2022, the ownership structure of Spear Ukraine LLC is as follows (YouControl data):
Founders/Members:
- 37,5% - JSC “Onur Taakhhut Tashimagilik Inshaat Tijaret Ve Sanai Anonymous Shirketi” (Türkiye, Cankaya, Ankara);
- 30% — Yapi Tourism Ve Ticaret LLC (Türkiye, Cankaya, Ankara).
- 7,5% - JSC "Odogu Sarp Inshaat Madencilik Tourism Tashimagilik Ve Ticaret Anonymous Shirkete" (Türkiye, Cankaya, Ankara);
- 10% - JSC “Çetin Işletmeleri Inşaat Taahhüt Proje Mühendislik Tashimagilik Tourism Madencilik Ticaret Ve Sanai Anonymous Shirketi” (Türkiye, Cankaya, Ankara);
- 5% - Karaahmetoglu Emre (Ukraine, Lviv);
Ultimate beneficial owners (all in Türkiye): Murat Kavak and Onur Çetinceviz. The company's authorized capital is UAH 140,062,789.00. The company is registered in Lviv. The director is the former owner of Çakmak Fırat.
Let us recall that at the beginning of August Australia's Volt Resources announced the resumption of graphite production in Ukraine., and on September 1, 2022, the head of Zavallovskiy Graphite LLC, former deputy head of the State Geological Survey, Roman Saramaga posted a photo the first (since the beginning of the Russian war against Ukraine) product of Zavallovskiy graphite.
Also, special permits for graphite ore deposits in Ukraine are held by Ukrainian Supply Group LLC and Development of the Buzhya Region LLC of Valentina and Gennady Butkevich (Gennady Butkevich is the founder of the ATB corporation and investment group). BGV Group).
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