In the Kal'makyr Pit at Almalyk.   Left:   Vladimir Alexandrovich Gornov, the Kal'makyr Pit Chief Geologist (holding file), explains aspects of the ore deposit, translated by Sergei Cherkasov (immediately to the left), in response to questions from tour group geologists.   Right:   Chris Ford of Gold Fields Exploration, UK, studies a rock while his colleagues Raymond Jannas and Andy Wilde from the same company's Santiago (Chile) and Oxford (UK) offices respectively, discuss what they have observed.
Photographs by Mike Porter.