‘GOLD APPETITES’ OF GEOPROMINING DISCUSSED AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CHEMICALS MANAGEMENT (ICCM 2) IN GENEVA

ArmInfo
2009-06-04 16:32:00

"Gold appetites" of GeoProMining were discussed at International
Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM 2) held in Geneva on May
11-15.

As Chairwoman of the Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment
(AWHHE) NGO Yelena Manvelyan told journalists, Thursday, the news
about the GPM company’s plans to build a gold recovery plant near
the Sevan basin has caused great interest among the conference
participants. "They expressed willingness to seriously support the
fight against construction of the plant in Sotk",- she said.

According to her, representatives of environment ministries of European
countries, as well as other nature protection structures took part in
the Conference. "We disseminated 30 copies of the documentary "Gold
mine for Lake Sevan" created by the efforts of "Ecolur" and AWHHE
with the support of Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF)",-
Manvelyan said.

She recalled that organizations from the USA, Great Britain, Mexico,
Venezuella, Kirghizia, Bulgaria and Uruguay have already joined
the campaign ‘SOS Sevan’ directed against the construction of GPM
plant near Lake Sevan. The information on the situation around the
Sevan was disseminated by "Ecolur" jointly with AWHHE via WECF. The
latter includes over 100 organizations from 30 countries. Letters with
proposals of support were received from the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP) and BankWatch NetWork.