EcoLur
Gomq and Artavan communities residents, Vayots Dzor Region, are concerned with the geoprospecting works in their residential area. They expressed their concerns at the public hearings held at Vayots Dzor Regional Municipality on 2 December, where the project submitted by “Centerra Mining” LLC on “Kapuyt” poly-metallic mine geoprospecting was discussed.
““Kapuyt” mine is located close to the springs of Gomq and Artavan communities drinking water and any mining will destroy them,” said Vazgen Galstyan, Co-Chairman of “Jermuk Development Center” in his interview with EcoLur.
The studies will be carried out in the area of 18.9 km2 from 2015 to 2018. “Kapuyt” mine is located 6.7 km east-south-east from Martiros Village, 2.6 km south from Gomq Village and 4.5 km south-west from Artavan Village. The geoprospecting will show the concentration of gold, silver, copper, zinc, bismuth, selenium and tellurium in the ore.
“Centerra Mining” LLC is the subsidiary of “Centerra Gold” Company through the financial chain of “Centerra Exploration B.V.” company. In its turn, “Centerra Gold” Company mines gold in Kumtor, Kyrgyzstan, where Kyrgyzstan government also has its share. The company also develops Boroo mine in Mongolia, has business interests in Turkey and Canada.
Photo is taken from www.knews.kg web site.
December 02, 2015 at 18:10