Meri Soghomonyan, the Hetq
Open-cast development of Shahumyan gold-polymetallic mine in Kapan by Deno Gold Mining Company will turn into a big catastrophe in the region. Don’t believe it, if you can find a single healthy person in the region. But when we keep silence, we reduce our live spans and don’t take care of our health. Both the youth and the old complain of their health. Number of miscarriages has increased among pregnant women. Underground works cost much, but in this case damage caused to town, population and environment is not high. If at present owners have selected the way of making super profits, thus neglecting human health, this is not acceptable for us. “Our Mayor, as well as the Government must think about nation,” says “Khoustoup” Environmental NGO President Vladik Martirosyan.
“We have just started our prospecting works and based on obtained results the project will be created. What about trees, I can say we have bought all these territories, and partial felling has been conducted in those territories where drilling and prospecting works are in progress. The project we have submitted to the Government is about closed development of mines. There is no project on open-cast development,” said Norayr Aghayan, Public Relations Manager of “Deno Gold Mining” CJSC.
January 21, 2011