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DIRECTOR OF HYDROECOLOGY AND ICHTHYOLOGY INSTITUTE: LIKE ARMENIAN CITIZEN I THINK ONE MUST NOT ALLOW CONSTRUCTION OF GOLD PROCESSING PLANT IN THE LAKE OF SEVAN BASIN
ArmInfo
2009-06-05 18:34:00
ArmInfo. Like an Armenian citizen I think one must not allow
construction of gold processing plant in the Lake of Sevan basin,
Director of Hydroecology and Ichthyology Institute under Armenian
National Academy of Science Bardukh Gabrielyan said at today's
press-conference when commenting on the plans of GeoProMining company
to build a plant and a tailing dump near the Sotk deposit.
He stressed that the Institute gave no conclusions to the GPM
company. To recall, the given news became an object of discussion after
GeoProMining's document entitled "Conceptual solutions of placement
of gold recovery plant in the area of Sotk mine with due regard for
environmental risks" consisting of 123 pages was published. It assesses
the impact of the processing enterprise in Sotk on environment,
storage of cyanides and toxic chemicals, as well as the tailing
dump. The introduction says that the natural and industrial risks
are revealed and presented by the Institute of Geological Sciences,
Institute of Eco-Noosphere Research, Hydroecology and Ichthyology
Institute of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences. On April 15,
during the public hearings on Sotk, the Institute officially denied the
rumors that it had been given GPM conclusion, though by the scientific
research is being held by the company's order. "As a man of science,
I must give a conclusion, but only after the research is completed",-
Gabrielyan stressed.
ArmInfo
2009-06-05 18:34:00
ArmInfo. Like an Armenian citizen I think one must not allow
construction of gold processing plant in the Lake of Sevan basin,
Director of Hydroecology and Ichthyology Institute under Armenian
National Academy of Science Bardukh Gabrielyan said at today's
press-conference when commenting on the plans of GeoProMining company
to build a plant and a tailing dump near the Sotk deposit.
He stressed that the Institute gave no conclusions to the GPM
company. To recall, the given news became an object of discussion after
GeoProMining's document entitled "Conceptual solutions of placement
of gold recovery plant in the area of Sotk mine with due regard for
environmental risks" consisting of 123 pages was published. It assesses
the impact of the processing enterprise in Sotk on environment,
storage of cyanides and toxic chemicals, as well as the tailing
dump. The introduction says that the natural and industrial risks
are revealed and presented by the Institute of Geological Sciences,
Institute of Eco-Noosphere Research, Hydroecology and Ichthyology
Institute of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences. On April 15,
during the public hearings on Sotk, the Institute officially denied the
rumors that it had been given GPM conclusion, though by the scientific
research is being held by the company's order. "As a man of science,
I must give a conclusion, but only after the research is completed",-
Gabrielyan stressed.