Geological Survey Work In First Quarter Of 2006 Increases By 41.1% O

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WORK IN FIRST QUARTER OF 2006 INCREASES BY 41.1% ON SAME PERIOD OF LAST YEAR

Noyan Tapan
May 17 2006

YEREVAN, MAY 17, NOYAN TAPAN. The total amount of geological
surveys conducted in Armenia in January-March 2006 made 28.8 mln
drams (about 64 thousand USD) or by 41.1% more than in the same
period of 2005. According to the RA National Statistical Service,
the amount of geological survey work in January-March 2006 exceeded
36fold the respective index of 2003. In the first quarter of 2006,
2.6 mln drams was collected in VAT for the geoligical survey work,
or by 8.3% more than in the same period of 2005, 26 times as much as
during the first three months of 2003.