According to him, the list of companies includes:
– Canada’s Sterlite Gold and First Dynasty Mines;
– Switzerland’s Base Metals and Vallex Group;
– Russia’s GeoProMininq;
– United States’ Global Gold;
– India’s Vedanta Resources;
– Armenia’s Armenian Copper Programme (co-owned by Swedish and Liechtenstein entrepreneurs)
According to Aliyev, the Azerbaijani side has already drafted an appeal to international organizations with regard to the illegal operations of these companies.
Earlier at the briefing Aliyev said that “Vezhnali deposit contained 6.5 tons of gold, 10.75 tons of silver, almost 4,000 tons of copper, Demirli deposit contained 457,000 tons of copper, and Gizilbulag deposit contained 13.7 tons of gold. Today, however, it would be incorrect to talk about specific figures regarding the quantities extracted by the occupation regime. These figures are being calculated. The relevant government agencies have drafted an appeal to international organizations with regard to the exploitation.”
