Vayots Dzor

Gladzor Project Granted Negative Opinion of Environmental Opinion
It should be noted that Gladzor poly-metallic mine contains copper, lead, zinc, silver and cadmium. Under EcoLur’s Ecological Risk Model ...

Public Hearings in Jermuk: Don’t Enter Water Not To Get Soaked
“So, what should be do? To estimate how the noise will impact each bird?” said...

SHPP Arpa-3 Planned To Be Constructed In Territory of State Reserve
If “Arpa-3” SHPP is granted a positive opinion of the environmental expertise, it will be constructed in the territory of specially protected area “Jermuk Hydrological State Reserve”. The reserve is

General Thought Like That: To Construct SHPP
“No public hearings were held as such to inform the people what is taking place. They didn’t gather the people and didn’t present anything,” the villagers said and added,

Rats in Village’s Drinking Water
But several years ago somebody reached a decision that the height of the village should be below 2000 meters, and now the height of the village is 1960 meters, so...

LYDIAN INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCES UPDATE ON DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMULSAR GOLD MINE
The working group was formed by the Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia in order to discuss issues related to the proposed location of heap leach processing facility, and was comprised of senior representatives from the Company and the Armenian Government, including representatives of the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, the Ministry of Nature Protection, the Ministry of Urban Development and the State Committee of the Real Estate Cadastre. On October 8, 2013, the working group concluded that...

Right Now: Hnting Bezoar Goats in Jermuk
“I can’t shoot the hunters on the camera: they are rather far from and I can see them with a telescope. They used to be four, but now they are three. The bezoar goats went down to the drinking place, they shot, but...

Jermuk Villagers To Apply to ECHR for Amulsar Gold Mine Project Affected Communities
Jermuk Villagers To Apply to ECHR for Amulsar Gold Mine Project Affected Communities

Jermuk Mayor Thinks Amulsar Mine Development Won’t Disturb Jermuk Development
“I used to oppose to the mine development, but at this moment it doesn’t disturb the development of our town,” said Jermuk Mayor in his interview and outlined that...

Another blow to the river Yeghegis
We have the same situation each year, in summer and

Public Calling for IFC: Stop Amulsar Project
The activities on Amulsar project don’t comply with the following IFC standards...

EBRD Reply On Amulsar Gold Mine Project
EBRD could not provide financing to Amulsar mine development if it is not in compliance with national legislation and

Hrachya Avagyan: In case Amulsar Mined, We Should Say Farewell To Our Jermuk
Amulsar gold quartzite mine can’t be developed, even if it is economically beneficial for

Administrative, Appeal and Cassation Courts Rejected Jermuk Resident’s Claim to Recognize Jermuk as Amulsar Project Affected Community
Administrative and Appeal Courts of Armenia rejected the claim, while the Cassation Court of Armenia returned the appeal complaint explaining this that the appeal is not

Messages on Amulsar Project Continuing
In line with RA Law “On Lake Sevan” (Article 10) any ore processing facilities are banned to be constructed in the...

Earth in Yeghegis River Because of Landslide
Under the information from the Ministry of Emergency States it became known at 11:05 on 29 July that pipes were laid down in the area owned by a citizen, which resulted in sliding...

Discussion of Cyanic Plant Construction Replaced from Gorayk to Gndevaz
“Geoteam CJSC” Company has organized a meeting with Gndevaz villagers, where they talked about the cyanic plant for gold extraction...

Geoteam Inviting International Banks and Investment Organizations
On the invitation of “Geoteam” CJSC the representatives of international banks and investment organizations will visit Amulsar...

Details on Armenia’s third oil and natural gas exploration company
The abovementioned sectors are located in Armenia’s Vayots Dzor and Syunik Regions

Ambassadors of UK K and USA in Armenia to visit Amulsar
According to press release of “Geotim” Company, on June 26 Ambassador of the UK Katherine Leach and Ambassador of the USA John Heffern visited the Amulsar gold project site and the two of the surrounding villages, namely Gorayk and Gndevaz. The trip was for the Ambassadors to familiarize