Mineral-and-energy clusters of the Russian Аrctic and prospects for expanding the outer boundary of its continental shelf

The project of organizing mineral-and-energy clusters with spatial conjugation deposits solid minerals (SM) and hydrocarbons (HC) localized on the continental margin shelf Arctic zone Russian Federation is substantiated. Four kind are characterized, i.e.: Murmansk-Barents, YamalNorilsk, Lena-Laptev Sea Northeast-Chukotka, corresponding characteristics SM HC resource bases, as well substantiation bedrock gold porphyry copper prospective areas in Northeast-Chukotka cluster.An example prediction localization accumulations deep-water part Basin outside 200-mile considered. Geological morphostructural evidence epicontinental nature bottom Amerasian Eurasian basins presented a criterion for substantiating Russia's right to expand outer boundary shelf.