Documents on mineral deposits in Armenia being digitized

2008-04-05 22:15:00

ArmInfo. Armenia is digitizing the documents on mineral deposits. The
materials will be available for the companies interested in exploration
and exploitation of ore deposits, Armenian Environment Minister Aram
Harutyunyan told ArmInfo correspondent.

Digitization is being held at the Institute of Geology of RA National
Academy of Sciences, where a specialized web-site is also being
prepared. According to the minister, special scanning equipment was
acquired to convert the archive documents into the digital format.
About 15 mln AMD were allocated by the Environment Ministry.

The history of the geological survey of Armenia started in 1919. In
1923 the works at copper mines in Kapan and Alaverdi were resumed, and
new mineral deposits in Armenia were explored 2 years later.
Afterwards, 26 metallic deposits, including gold, silver, molybdenum,
aluminum and iron deposits were explored, as well as 558 freestone and
clay deposits were explored to produce cement. Furthermore, according
to the explored data, there are 43 underground drinking water sources
and 23 mineral springs in Armenia. On the whole, currently there are
mineral reserves worth 150 bln USD in Armenia.