Amulsar - Location, Access and Infrastructure
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The Amulsar gold project is located in the south of Armenia on the border between the provinces (Marz) of Vayots Dzor and Sunnik. Lydian holds two Special Exploration Licences and a small mining licence over Amulsar through its 95% owned Armenian subsidiary Geoteam CJSC. The Amulsar licences cover a total of 113km2.
The Amulsar gold project is well located in terms of infrastructure. The main tarmac road between the Armenian capital of Yerevan and the south of the country passes some 4km to the south of the project, and the main road is flanked by high tension electricity lines. A further tarmac road passes to the west and north of Amulsar serving the small town of Jermuk. Water is available from the Vorotan River and the Spandaryan reservoir (3km east and 8km south east respectively). A major gas pipeline between Iran and Yerevan is currently in the final stages of construction and passes some 4km to the east of Amulsar. A fibre optic internet cable was laid during 2010 and a small hydro-electric plant is currently under construction on the Vorotan river both of which are 4km north east of Amulsar. There are several small towns and villages in the vicinity from where Lydian and its contractors source local labour.