The message reads, in part:

Russia has an abundance of natural resources but they would have been inaccessible without the efforts of many generations of geologists and explorers who have been ardently working in different regions of out vast country and bravely bore all the travails and hardships of a expeditions. A foundation was laid for a successful development of the nation’s mineral resources owing to their professionalism, courage and caring attitude towards their native land.

Today, the national geological industry is facing enormous new challenges. Special care should be given to improving legislation with regard to subsurface resource management, introducing environmental protection technologies, and attracting investments in the development of promising deposits, including those in Siberia, the Far East and the continental shelf.