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Pressures are exercised on the residents of Fieolotovo village so as the villagers give their consent to Fieolotovo gold mining project: an alarm signal has been posted on Facebook social network. By the way, the mine is located only in a distance of 300 meters from the houses in the village.
Reminder: Fieoletovo gold mining project is planned to be implemented by “GradeRedMet” LLC. The project is still undergoing the environmental expertise stage. The public hearings of this project will be held on 23 December at 23/100 Sundukyan Street, Yerevan.
Under the project, Fioletovo gold mine demonstration is located in the administrative area of Fioletovo community, Lori Region. The gold concentration in the mines varies from 2.5-5.5 g/ton. The open pit will occupy an area of 5.2 ha. The landfill site will be located in a distance of 1.3 km from the open pit, its capacity is about 3 million cubic meters, total area - around 4 ha.
The mine will be developed for 5 years, it will annually mine 37,000 tons of ore. The ore will be transferred either to Armanis or Ararat dressing factory. Project affected communities are three ones: Fioletovo (2.7 km far from the mine), Margahovit (11.1 km far from the mine) and Lermontovo (7 km far from the mine).
It should be mentioned that the mass media connects the name of “Grade Redmet” LLC with ex Nature Protection Minister Vardan Ayvazyan, who currently holds the office of the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Economic Issues of the National Assembly.
December 18, 2014 at 15:34