(ShareCast News) - Staff and investors were celebrating at China Nonferrous Gold this week, after the company's efforts in central Asia finally bore fruit.The AIM-listed mineral exploration and mining company announced on Wednesday that the first gold ingots were poured at its wholly owned Pakrut gold project in Tajikistan.Company chairman Wu Xiang described the pour as a "significant milestone in the project's history"."I am delighted to report that the company has poured its first gold at Pakrut, as this is ... reward for the hard efforts of the workforce who have done such a great job at bringing Pakrut to fruition", Xiang said.China Nonferrous Gold had commissioned its processing plant and commenced trial production in October. It was working with China Nonferrous Hongtoushan Fushun Mining Group on the processing and smelting process.The company had been in active development at Pakrut since 2004.