EcoLur
The situation in Fioletovo community, Lori Region, is tense again. As it turns out, Fioletovo gold mining is on the agenda again. This it’s not the competent ministries, which deal with this issue, but Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, as Stepanavan Aarhus Moordinator Manya Meliqjanyan informed EcoLur. She advised that on March 13 Ivan Sevyonov, Member of the Public Council for National Minorities of Armenia adjunct to Staff of Armenian President, informed Fioletovo community residents that the mining is on the agenda again. Ivan Sevyonov noted that the package is with the Armenian President, who will give a solution to this issue.
Reminder: Fioletovo community has opposed to the mining from the very beginning outlining that the village will be destroyed, if the mine opens.
We learn about real owners of “Grade RedMet” LLC from the mass media: “License on prospecting the area in the village by “Grade RedMet” LLC was issued in 2005. The founders of the company are Hasmik Harutyunyan, Mairen Batoyan and Vardan Markaryan. The permit for geoprospecting was issued to the company when Nature Protection Minister was Vardan Ayvazyan, currently an MP and Chairman of the Standing Committee on Economy. Hasmik Harutyunyan is Yervand Hovhannisyan’s wife, who held the position of Head of Mine Surveyor Control Department at Nature Protection Ministry during Vardan Ayvazyan’s office. Mairen Batoyan is Vardan Ayvazyan’s wife’s friend and his countrywoman. Vardan Margaryan is the owner and director of “Meghradzor Gold” Company developing Meghradzor mine.
Vardan Ayvazyan owns several mines and has already sold his rights to developing Hrazdan iron mine, Svarants and Abovyan mines to Chinese “Fortune Oil”. The Chinese got from Ayvazyan an expired documentation package for Hrazdan mine. People in Fioletovo say the Chinese also deal with transaction (information is not checked). We don’t exclude that the Chinese will try to compensate their damage from 3 huge but non-perspective iron mines with small gold mines.”
March 18, 2015 at 12:23