The experiment had begun to measure the solar neutrino capture rate with a target of gallium metal in December 1989 and continued to run in August 2011 with only a few brief interruptions in the timespan. As of 2013 is the experiment was described as "being continued" with the latest published data from August 2011. As of 2014 it was stated that the SAGE experiment continues the once-a-month extractions. The SAGE experiment continued in 2016. As of 2017, the SAGE-experiment continues.