The Gornostaevskoe field of silicate cobalt and nickel ores is located in the Beskaragai district of the East Kazakhstan region, 100 km West of Semey and 30 km South-East of Kurchatov.
There is a well developed infrastructure in the field:
The Semey-Kurchatov-Pavlodar railway passes through the site of the field
Semey-Pavlodar highway with asphalt coating
The navigable Irtysh river divides the field into two parts: Left bank and right bank
TThere is a power line with a voltage of 220 thousand volts in the south of the left bank part of the field, and a power lines with a voltage of 110 thousand volts in the north, along the bank of the Irtysh river.