Prosecutors suspend Nord Gold LLC’s license for production near river

YAKUTSK, Oct 15 (PRIME) -- The Yakutia republic’s Prosecutor’s Office has suspended a license of small gold producer Nord Gold LLC for production of gold near the Rederga River in the republic, the authority said in a statement on Monday.

The Prosecutors discovered that the company produced gold near the river without primary geological documents, and specialists of the Aldansky District’s forestry department discovered illegal deforestation of 48 trees that inflicted 72,000 rubles of damage to the district’s forest fund. The authorities also discovered violations of regulations for water resource protection at the production site of Nordgold.

A laboratory of the republic’s Environment Ministry earlier discovered contamination of the Rederga River with oil products and metals, and analysis confirmed that the production site of Nordgold contaminated the river.

(65.9751 rubles – U.S. $1)

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