Friday, November 15 2019 11:38

ArmInfo.  In the course of  inspections conducted by the Prosecutor General's Office, a number of  violations were identified in the activities of one of the mining  companies engaged in the development of a gold-polymetallic deposit  in the Lori region.

According to the press service, under the license  for the period from 2015 to 2019, an area of 278.6 hectares was  allocated to C ... It turned out that in the community of the  aforementioned company, property rights to land belong to 89.9  hectares, of which 76.4 hectares are agricultural land, and only 13.5  hectares are industrial. In addition, the CJSC illegally uses  territories of 50 hectares that are in community and city ownership  for mining purposes.

Due to the fact that the category of agricultural land used by the  company has not been changed, taxes in the amount of about 299  million drams have not been received in the community budget. For the  same reason, the amount of unpaid rent payments for 2016-2018.  amounted to 7.8 million drams, and land tax - 2.6 million drams.  According to the legislation, the responsibility for the  implementation of all norms in land use lies with the regional and  community administrations. As a result of the failure to fulfill its  direct powers by the administration of the Lori region and the  administration of the Stepanavan community in 2015-2019, the amount  of damage amounted to about 309.4 million drams. A criminal case has  been instituted under clause 1 of part 2 of article 184 of the RA  Criminal Code and part 2 of article 308 of the RA Criminal Code. A  preliminary investigation is underway.