Friday, June 15 2018 13:16

ArmInfo. "Amulsar program does not provide tailings. The production pool is not a tailing pond and is not intended for storage of waste, but serves to store a  production liquid containing gold," Lydian Armenia, which is in  charge of exploiting the Amulsar gold ore deposit, said in an  official message yesterday that it contained false information  concerning the Amulsar program.

In particular, in one of the video materials, one of the unfinished  production pools is represented as a tailing dump. In addition, the  author of the video talks about the instability of the geomembrane to  rainwater. In the official message of the company it was noted that  the production pool is still under construction. The video material  specifically shows that the geomembrane only partially covers the  pool. After the end of the rainy season, the work on the full  membrane coverage of the membrane will be completed. After that,  naturally, given the full coverage of the membrane cover, water  cannot accumulate. Moreover, it is the factor that the rainwater  accumulated and did not penetrate into the ground, indicating that  the layer placed beneath the membrane is so strong that it prevents  the flow of water.

In the following video, it was removed that the water level in the  Arpa River increased from the rainwater, and the author of the video  claims that as a result of the flow of water from the Amulsar deposit  the fish in the fish farm below the river flow died out. "In  conversation with us, the fishery manager Laurent Hakobyan denied the  information about the damage caused as a result of work at the  Amulsar deposit," Lydian Armenia reported.

There are no toxic pollutants in the Amulsar deposit. The program is  still under construction. The production process has not yet begun.  Because of the rains that lasted for several days, the ground was  washed from the surface of the drainage channels, which caused a  turbidity of the water in this segment, whereas the video indicates  that the water has become so allegedly contaminated.

"It is unfortunate that the presentation of falsified information  and" natural disasters "has become the style of work of certain  individuals and organizations. The spread of disinformation not only  hinders the identification of real environmental problems, but also  distracts from serious and actual problems, "the source said.

Lydian Armenia is a subsidiary of the British Lydian International,  whose shareholders are also large international institutional  investors from the United States, Great Britain, a number of European  countries, including IFC and EBRD. The Amulsar project is the largest  industrial project in Armenia for the development of the Amulsar gold  deposit at a total cost of $ 370 million. In August 2016, a project  for the construction and development of the field was launched.  Preliminary work has been carried out since 2006.  The life of the  Amulsar deposit will be 10 years and 4 months, an annual average of  200,000 ounces of gold (about 10 million tons of ore) is planned. The  company's shares are quoted on the Toronto Stock Exchange.  Amulsar  deposit is the second largest in Armenia.