{"id":6185,"date":"2017-12-05T14:59:40","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T10:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/armecofront.net\/?p=6185"},"modified":"2017-12-05T16:35:42","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T12:35:42","slug":"court-cases-against-mining-project-in-amulsar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.armecofront.net\/en\/court-cases-against-mining-project-in-amulsar\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Cases against Mining Project in Amulsar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Currently there are several court cases against gold mining project in Amulsar. They have the following developments.<\/p>\n

In the RA Administrative Court the complaint presented by 8 Gndevaz residents continues to be examined. The residents demand annulling permissions given for gold mine exploitation in Amulsar. Among the complainants were two environmental NGOs \u201cEcological right\u201d and \u201cEcoDar\u201d, which however have been left out from the process based on the decision<\/a> of the judge (Karen Zarikyan) made on August 30.<\/p>\n

As a result the head of \u201cEcological Right\u201d NGO Arthur Grigoryan appealed this decision\u00a0at the RA Court of Appeal. However, a few days ago it turned out that the first court hearing is planned for April 26, 2019. This means appellation of administrative cases is impeded in Armenia.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, on November 30 (2017) during the examination of the case by Gndevaz residents at the RA Administrative Court, plaintiff\u2019s lawyer Hayk Alumyan presented<\/a> the court with conclusions from three international independent expert groups (Blue Minerals Consultancy \u2013 Australia, Buka Environmental- USA, Clear Coast Consulting, Inc., Canada) regarding the environmental risks of this gold mine project. The judge accepted the documents and gave time to \u201cLydian Armenia\u201d company representative to get introduced with them. The next court hearing is not yet announced.<\/p>\n

Parallel to this a new complaint<\/a> is launched at the Court of General Jurisdiction of Kentron and Nork-Marash Administrative Districts against \u201cLydian Armenia\u201d company. The plaintiff is owner of land in Herher village of Vayots Dzor region, lawyer Harutyun Baghdasaryan. He claims that his right to property is violated and demands new assessment and expertise of Amulsar project.<\/p>\n

Armenian Environmental Front in its turn applied to RA Administrative Court with a new complaint<\/a> against RA Ministry of Emergency Situations for not providing copies of conclusions on technical safety expertise for Amulsar project. The complainant demands from the court to oblige the RA Ministry of Emergency Situations to provide the requested documents. These include copies of all conclusions on technical safety expertise for industrial dangerous objects provided by \u201cNational Center for Technical Safety\u201d SNCO for gold mine in Amulsar. This expertise refer to 1) open pits, 2) mine\u2019s barren rock storage\u00a0facility, 3) cyanide heap leach facility, 4) gold extraction factory.<\/p>\n

This much for now; new court cases and revelations are ahead.<\/p>\n

Armenian Environmental Front<\/em> (AEF) <\/em>civil initiative
\nEmail:\u00a0\u00a0 armecofront@gmail.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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