Amulsar gold mine, Armenia
Автор: Bankwatch
Загружено: 2019-01-15
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On December 9, Armenians voted overwhelmingly in favour the reformist agenda of Nikol Pashinyan, electing a parliament that cements the political legitimacy of a popular movement that began in April 2018 and swept away the near two-decades rule of the corrupt Republican Party.
One of the prime minister’s key campaign promises was to revise an agreement with the international mining company Lydian, the largest foreign investor in the country that operates the Amulsar gold mine near the touristic spa town of Jermuk.
Residents of Jermuk and the surrounding communities have long contested that the mine posed a threat to their environment and economic livelihoods, as Lydian’s plans to use cyanide to leach gold concentrate from the ore.
As an extension of the broader political movement, protestors have stopped access to the mining site since summer 2018 and continue their blockade.
New Bankwatch research about Lydian’s environmental and social impact assessment and as well a first-of-its-kind sociological survey of the area’s residents lends credence to the concerns of locals and will feed into the ongoing revision of the project’s status.
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