"I haven't searched all the PRs so maybe you have just mistaken the date. I'll assume you haven't just made this up."

Rattle, you are right when I go back and look it was an article and not the Rusoro pr, my bad....thanks for correcting. Below I have compiled 7 excerpts from articles that mention Rusoro and/or Group Agapov mining Kaolin.

Looking at a few things mentioned by Chavez. He says Venrus was created to mine LC "deposits" not particularly gold. Chavez mentioned 5 concessions and lists "Cristina" Brisas as one.

Here are mentions of Rusoro and the mining Kaolinite from previous articles. Note they mention "Group Agapov" which was bought by Rusoro in 2006.

Dec 9 2007:

The group has become the main driving force in regional development of
the activity in gold and kaolin.

Sept 18 2008:

Hecla de Venezuela had held a 20-year contracts at La Camorra, but in
the 50/50 deal done with the Agapov Group, and with Russian capital,
significant investments are being made in gold and kaolin (china
clay) between Kilometer 88, El Callao and Guasipati as well as the
Isidora mine.

Nov 8 2008:

Vladimir Agapov, whose Rusoro Mining Ltd. owns Venezuelan gold mines, said at the event he and CVG plans to build five kaolin processing plants to make the clay into one of Venezuela's biggest exports. He didn't comment on a Nov. 6 report that Sanz had said Rusoro would become a partner in the country's biggest gold mine.

Nov 10 2008:

Rodolfo Sanz who said that Las Cristinas were rescued by the government and exploiting it will be within the socialist framework in partnership with Rusoro-Agapov , An industry organization that Russian capital is assuming much of the gold mines of the southern Bolivar state, as well as exploitation of a large
kaolin deposit, located at Kilometer 88, San Isidro parish, municipality
Sifontes.

Nov 14 2008: This article titled "The best Kaolin in the World"

the national government with the participation of technical Rusoro Agapov group will leverage the existing deposits in Bolivar state. In relation to this forward is concerned that the rich mines of 88, we had met on a journalistic trip to the Gran Sabana. In this whole area emerges as we know that kaolin is a non-metallic minerals. In the plants will get built for the industrial range.

Dec 1 2008:

Rusoro's non-metallic Venezuelan interests are in the domestic
extraction of kaolinite (china clay),which he says is very high
quality, and -- interestingly enough -- to be found in a huge
quantities between Crystallex' Las Cristinas contract and Gold
Reserve's claim of a concession at Las Brisas de Cuyuni in the very
much larger mining district of Kilometer 88 in southern Bolivar
State. "You'd think it was snow on the ground, surface deposits ...
it's a white patch!"

Dec 16 2008: "This is the article I mistook for a pr, long day sorry"

Russian Agapov views a buy-out of Gold Reserve's Las Brisas gold project as part of a general consolidation of assets in the Kilometer 88 Mining District in Venezuela's Bolivar Region. The takeover of Gold Reserve would also provide Rusoro with access to kaolinite deposits between Las Brisas and the Las Cristinas gold project belong to Canadian junior Crystallex.

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