KIEV, Dec. 29 - Zasiadko mine (Donetsk region) plans to invest at least UAH 1 billion in the development of nine oil and gas fields by 2019, said Borys Bokiy, the company's deputy director general for new technologies and comprehensive mine development.

"The mine should invest at least UAH 1 billion in the development of new fields during the next eight years," reads the report posted on the company's Web site.

Zasiadko mine would pay around UAH 10 million to the state for receiving permits for nine oil and gas fields.