MINISTER PUNISHED ARARAT GOLD

Panorama.am
16:45 13/06/06

Nature protection minister Vartan AIVAZYAN will ban Ararat Gold
to settle near lake Sevan, the minister told a press conference
today. “If they continue working with the same methods, they will not
get permission,” he stated. Aivazyan was asked if they will authorize
Ararat Gold to build a factory near Sevan in case they change their
methods, Aivazyan answered, “after all, they are an economic entity.

They will receive permission only if they meet nature protection
responsibilities.”

The Nature Protection ministry has punished the factory and required
that it stops work for three month. “The level of cyanogen has
exceeded the required norm in their production,” the minister
said.