"We will seek bank financing probably a Russian or Chinese," Agapov said without
giving further details.
On the other hand, the executive felt that with this expansion would Rusoro
production to 600,000 ounces per year in 2012.

I think we could assume that this statements means either Russia or Chinese banks will be helping VZ exploit the resources mentioned above. This is done by providing financing not mining it themselves. Sounds very familiar to Hugo speech about exploiting LC.