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    SOTQ GOLD MINE TO BE EXHAUSTED IN 15 YEARS?

    hetq
    17:14, August 7, 2012

    Geopromining Gold Company states it has already been mining lean ore
    in Sotq gold mine and the reserved will be exhausted in 15 years and
    that's the reason why Ararat gold extracting factory proceeded to
    new Albion technology.

    In 2011 the company set up a crushing and screening plant to extract
    gold from lean ore near the gold mine, in the administrative territory
    of Sotq Village without any permitting documents. Then for the
    legalization of the crushing and screening plant the company used
    project documents for 1988, which don't have any legal force because
    of prescription of document submission and not launching project on
    time. On 30 May public hearings were organized on "Re-equipment of
    Sotq Open Mine" in Sotq Village, which also included the aforementioned
    crushing and screening plant.

    In accordance with the project, particles sized +50 mm, -50+30 mm,
    and -30 mm are formed after crushing. The mass sized -30 mm is
    transferred to Ararat, gold extracting factory. Large particles,
    i.e. dumps, won't be located in any separate are, but will be used
    as road-building material. "Formed dumps are missing in the list of
    industrial wastes approved by Nature Protection Minister Order no. 430
    dated on 25.12.2006," the project says. The project also notes that
    environmental fees for these wastes make up 0.00 AMD. That is, it
    turns out that industrial wastes are spread along the road in the
    territory of Sevan drainage basin, which contain heavy and toxic
    metals, but nobody bears any responsibility for that. Reminder,
    that the drainage basin of Lake Sevan is protected by the law.

    In 2011 the Chairman of Greens Union of Armenia Hakob Sanasaryan
    applied to Public Prosecutor's Office as regards with the unlawfulness
    of locating a crushing and screening plant in Sotq, but he didn't
    receive any final answer from the prosecutor's office. In his
    conversation with EcoLur Sanasaryan said that he intends once again
    to apply to the prosecutor's office in this regard.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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