No inspections
The state nature protection inspectorate of the RA Ministry of Nature Protection has not inspected GeoProMining company's activities in Armenia in the past 4 months, as stated in the ministry's chief of staff Edgar Pirumyan's letter to "EcoLur".
"EcoLur"s question referred to the placement of a grinding-breaking device in Sotk, which contradicts Article 10 of the RA law "On Lake Sevan" that prohibits reprocessing at the basin of Lake Sevan.
According to "EcoLur", the company's open exploitation of the mine in Sotk led to the emergence of tens of thousands of tons of piles of dust and trash that contain first-class toxic elements, including antimon and radioactive elements.
The grinding and distribution of materials is already a productive process, even without the processing of chemicals.
Environmentalists hope that Minister of Nature Protection Aram Harutyunyan will respond to the alarm regarding the illegal activities of Geopromining Gold and will give adequate assignments to the subdivisions.
