Ukraine's State Service of Geology and Mineral Resources has reported that a deposit with an estimated weight of 2.4 tonnes of gold has been found in the Carpathians of Zakarpattia region's Rakhiv district, according to the regulator's press service.
First Deputy Head of Ukraine's State Service of Geology and Mineral Resources Mykola Foshchii says Ukraine has sufficient reserves of various minerals, estimated at US$3 trillion to $8 trillion.
The volume of national currency deposits in Ukrainian banks in November grew by 0.3%, to UAH 450.971 billion, while foreign currency deposits (in dollar equivalent) fell by 0.7%, to $13.594 billion, according to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) website.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has additionally declared income for 2016 to the tune of UAH 979,873 (US$36,144) in interest from bank deposits in the International Investment Bank, according to the state register of declarations of persons authorized to perform state or local government functions.
Experts from Dragon Capital and the Novoye Vremya magazine have compiled a rating of the most reliable banks in Ukraine, according to a new issue of Novoye Vremya.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said a bill amending the Law of Ukraine "On Banks and Banking," which provides for state guarantees of individuals' deposits in the state-owned banks, would be signed, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
Deposits in hryvnias in Ukrainian banks in March 2017 grew by 3.4%, to UAH 429.699 billion, or US$15.97 billion, while those in foreign currency (in the U.S. dollar equivalent) also expanded – by 0.4%, to $13.063 billion, according to the National Bank of Ukraine.
The financial resources available to Ukraine's Deposit Guarantee Fund were estimated at UAH 11.803 billion, or US$434.73 million, as of April 1, 2017, which was 25.4%, or UAH 4.015 billion, or $147.88 million, down against the figure as of March 1, 2017, according to the fund's website.