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A significant increase in the regional economic and social efficiency of the use of mineral resources in the regions of the Far North of Russia is the main condition for raising social standards of quality of life and slowing the significant migration outflow of the population from these places. This is possible with the creation of a denser transport infrastructure, the development of which will be facilitated by the transition from single-industry focal development schemes to a combination of sectors of the economy on the basis of territorial complexes of mineral raw materials. The object of the study was chosen Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Assessment of territorial combinations of mineral resources of the Republic showed the priority of further development of Western Yakutia, based on the potential of existing transit pipelines of Federal importance and using the benefits of proxim ity to the oil and gas areas of the Irkutsk region. This option solves the problem of “connecting” Yakutsk to the unified transport system of the country without the construction of an ultra-expensive bridge across the Lena river and accelerates the development of the emerging industrial area in the North-Western part of Yakutia on the basis of the Tomtor Deposit.