In the Shuryshkarsky District of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and in Vorkuta, it is planned to search for chrome ores. In the Volga Federal District, they are looking for a contractor to search for manganese oxide ores on Faizullinskaya Square, located in the Baymaksky and Abzelilovsky districts of Bashkiria. In the Irkutsk Region, a tender has been announced to search for manganese oxide ores on Medekskaya Square in Nizhneudinsky District. In North Ossetia, a tender has been announced to search for tungsten mineralization within the Shauyrkhyg prospective area of the Arsikom ore field. Work will take place in Alagir District and will begin in September 2023.