ArmInfo.Lydian received an environmental benchmarking act confirming the unlawful invasion of company-owned territory. This was reported by the Lydian press service.
On the basis of this act, Lydian appealed to the RA Police with the requirement to free the company's territory from illegally located house wagons and persons there in the manner prescribed by law. Khoren Nasibyan, the head of the company on the legal line, noted that he expects the state bodies to react as soon as possible and take appropriate actions within the framework of the law. In this regard, he emphasized that for more than 2 years Armenia lost tens of millions of dollars due to lawlessness, hundreds of people emigrated, and irreparable damage was caused to the state's international reputation. The report also noted that in April 2019, the RA Administrative Court ordered the RA Police to remove intruders and their property from the mine site.
Recall that Lydian Armenia is a subsidiary of the British offshore Lydian International. The total cost of the Amulsar project is $ 370 million. The field's life is 10 years and 4 months, with an average of 200 thousand ounces of gold being mined annually. Amulsar field is the second largest reserves in Armenia. According to the company, the deposit contains about 73733 kg of gold with an average grade of 0.78 g per ton, as well as 294.367 tons of silver with an average grade 9.29 g per ton. It is located in the south-east of the country, 13 km from the spa town of Jermuk, between the rivers Arpa and Vorotan.
Environmentalists and ordinary citizens are concerned that the operation of the mine could lead to the pollution of the mineral underground waters of Jermuk and Lake Sevan. With this in mind, from last year, approaches to the field were blocked by environmental activists and a group of local residents.