“Geoteam” increases work volume in Amoulsar
"Geoteam" Company has invited another four international companies for drilling works of 30,000 m in Amoulsar gold mine in 2011, EcoLur reports.
Amoulsar gold mine was detected in 2006 and is located in the territory of Vayots Dzor and Syunik Regions borders. The license for mine development belongs to ‘Lydian International' Company with its Armenian representative - Geoteam Company.
Geoteam Company has already been issued the license for Tigranes section development in Amoulsar mine, but the mine is not still developed. At the meeting with "EcoLur" Geoteam Company presented the analysis results of 3500 samples from Amoulsar to prove the content of uranium in the mine is minimum and doesn't exceed 0,0002%. Canadian ALS Chemex Company conducted these studies and examined the content of more than 30 elements, including those of toxic elements, heavy metals and radioactive elements.
One of the certified replied where 41 samples have been examined one can meet almost all the elements in the Mendeleev Table. Besides gold, the following elements are available: Ag-silver, As-arsenic, Ba-barium, Be-berillium, Bi-bismuth, Ca- calcium, Cd-cadmium, Co-cobalt, Cr-chrome, Cu-copper, Fe - iron, Ga-gallium, Mn- manganese, Mo-molybdenum, Na- natrium, Ni-nickel, P-phosphorus, Pb-lead, Sb -antimony, Sc-scandium, Sr- strontium, Th-thorium, Ti-titanium, Tl- thallium, U-uranium, V- vanadium, W-tungsten, Zn-zinc, Hg-mercury, etc.
Geoteam Company has been issued a license for gold mining, and the company insists this mine contains only gold reserves. During the public hearings held on 5 November 2009 in Yeghegnadzor Town by Geoteam Company together with Nature Protection Ministry S. Tariverdyan asked what the content of other metals was, and Geoteam Company Director Hayk Aloyan answered: "Only gold: we order analyses only for 29 metals, but only gold has industrial importance."
Geoteam Company has submitted the documents for Tigranes Section development to Nature Protection Ministry for environmental impact assessment, but these documents don't lay down the risks which are connected with penetration of the aforementioned heavy metals and toxic elements into environment.
