ArmInfo. Yerevan. The exploitation of the Teghut mine is not stopped, it is only suspended for a while, and the mining operations will begin already at the end of the current year or the beginning of the next year. The Minister of Economic Development and Investments Suren Karayan said from the rostrum of the parliament.
He also expressed confidence that during this period the operating company Vallex had solved all the technical and environmental problems, and the deposit would start operating in the very near future.
Earlier, the minister stressed that two international organizations are conducting research on the condition of tailing dumps in the field for compliance with environmental standards and further safe operation of the field. After carrying out the research, there will be a need to carry out works in the modernization of tailing dumps, as a result of which the implementation of the project will be continued. "No state guarantees were provided, and after the modernization the program will develop," Karayan assured.
Earlier, the Minister of Nature Protection Artsvik Minasyan stated that the samples taken from the rivers Debed and Shnokh testify to the absence of permissible emission standards from the tailings dump of the Vallex Group company in these reservoirs.