On August 9 at the closing ceremony of IX All-Russia field open competitions of young geologists held at children’s recreation camp “Solnechny” Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Sergei Donskoi said that the event helped finding out more about history of the region and adopting geologists’ experience.

The competitions organized by the Federal Agency for Subsurface Use and Russian Geological Society took place on August 1-10. Teams from 34 Russian regions and 6 teams from CIS countries participated in the event.

Addressing young geologists, Sergei Donskoi said that for ten days participants of the competitions could share their practices that would help developing their professional skills later on.

Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology continued that geologists will study new kinds of minerals and space in future. He thanked Rustam Minnikhanov and Tatneft Oil Company for good organisation of the competitions of young geologists in Tatarstan.

Rustam Minnikhanov thanked everyone who was involved in organisation of the event that enabled geologists communicating and sharing their experience with next generations.

Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Sergei Donskoi and Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov presented awards to the winners. The team from Perm region received the Challenge Cup for the first place in IX All-Russia field open competitions of young geologists.

OAO Tatneft Director General Shafagat Takhautdinov, Tatarstan Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Artem Sidorov, and employees of ministries and agencies took part in the event.