BARBARISM IN KAPAN

Kapan residents are concerned with a possible open exploitation of Shahumyan polymetallic mine (1 km far from Kapan).

Representative of Ecological security and promotion of democracy NGO Artur Ghazaryan notes that the Shahumyan polymetallic ore mine has always been exploited in closed way, but Dino Gold Mining paid to the residents of Shahumyan and bought their property.

Now the company is going to exploit the mine in open way. The project is at the Ministry of Energy and Natural resources. According to Artur Ghazaryan, not considering this issue, Kapan already has many environmental issues, now another one is added.

He says those working in mines have many diseases, now the open exploitation of the mine will cause illnesses among ordinary residents of Kapan and adjacent territories too. Besides, there are 50.000 trees in Shahumyan.

Before the approval of the project by the government, according to Artur Ghazaryan, they are already going to cut off 50.000 trees but the reason is incomprehensible since the project has not been approved.

Artur Ghazaryan calls on the government to take steps to prevent the open exploitation of the mine, but he doubts the Minister of Energy and Natural resources will respond, because he has been in Kapan recently and held secret talks. Artur Ghazaryan says that the power, instead of preventing, collaborates with the company because he says no matter how powerful a company is it could never do such barbarism alone.

15 THSD TREES T BE CUT BECAUSE OF DENO GOLD MINING
Arminfo

The total of 15 thsd trees will be cut because of Deno Gold Mining. Such is the of open development of the Shaumyan gold mine field.

Incidentally, though this project of Deno Gold Mining has not been yet endorsed by Armenian Energy and Natural Resources Ministry, the company is already going to start mass cutting of trees.

'We are ready to present the relevant facts in the near future', - representative of the Kapan non-governmental organization "To provide ecological security and democracy development, Artur Gazaryan, said.

'Those, who have been working at the mine field are sick of silicosis We are scared that "thanks" to open development of the mine field residents of the nearby villages will also inhale the toxical dust', - he said and added that 1000 workers of Deno Gold Mining may also come across social problem, as the open development of the mine field may last only for 6 year and the workers will lose job.

For her part, the head of 'EcoLur' Inga Zarafyan said that the ecological situation in Kapan is very bad and added that research was held three years ago and showed high concentration of heavy metals in ground and water. Experts say that using of agriculture products from these territories may be risky for health.

'If we had such a situation in 2007, the situation may sharply worsen after open development of the Shaumyan mine field', - she said.


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