Discovered in 1995, the Kurakchay field is located in the territory of Goygol region and is considered one of the prospective ore fields in the Lesser Caucasus. There are the Kurakchay scattered gold deposit, Kapaz and Buzlug gold-polymetallic occurrences in the vicinity. Hyperspectral imaging has been applied in the Kurakchay deposit for evaluation since 2024.