Response by Environment Ministry to Civil Society's Letter on Rejecting Project on Reassessment of Tezhasar Mine Reserves

Response by Environment Ministry to Civil Society's Letter on Rejecting Project on Reassessment of Tezhasar Mine Reserves

Environment Ministry is going to consider the substantiations submitted by the civil society regarding the rejection of the application for the re-evaluation of the nepheline syenite reserves of Tezhaget site in Tezhasar mine, as RA Deputy Environment Minister Tigran Gabrielyan informed "EcoLur" in his letter N3/26.6/11758 dated on August 23, 2022.

On August 15, the representatives of the civil society sent a letter to Environment Ministry submitting the reasons for rejecting the application.

Reminder: On August 11, 2022, the residents of Meghradzor settlement, Tsaghkadzor community, Kotayk Region, Armenia expressed their opposition to the implementation of geological prospecting activities planned for 2022-2025 for the re-evaluation of nepheline syenite reserves of Tezhaget site in Tezhasar mine.

August 23, 2022 at 15:38