Environment protection groups and residents of a village in the northeastern Gegharkunik province are ringing alarm bells over what they see as the illegal construction of a new ore-processing facility by a Russian company exploiting Armenia's largest gold mines.
They say that the facility would wreak havoc on the mountainous village of Sotk and nearby Lake Sevan, which plays a vital role in the country’s entire ecosystem.
The area around Sotk has substantial gold deposits that are controlled by an Armenian subsidiary of the Russian industrial group GeoProMining. The company called GPM Gold started building an ore crusher there in February. About two dozen workers could be seen at the construction site on Tuesday.
Armenian News
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