There are 12 valid licenses for uranium prospecting and exploration in Kyrgyzstan, website of the State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use says. Table of valid licenses says that in total in the country has issued 20 such licenses. However, only 12 are valid. Mineral Explorer holds two licenses for uranium exploration in Panfilov…
Rally against development of Tash-Bulak uranium deposit has been held in Balykchi town. About 200 people reportedly participated in the rally. According to their data, the court prohibited activists from marching from Balykchi to Bishkek. They were allowed to hold only the protest. However, activists still claim that they will march to the capital. YurAsia…
A document about revocation of a license for exploration of uranium in Issyk-Kul region was posted on the Internet. Users asked why the official letter was printed on crumpled paper and had no stamp. The document is dated April 27. The First Deputy Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Kubatbek Boronov, however, announced the revocation of the…
At least 29,286 people have signed a petition against a project on development of Tash-Bulak field in Issyk-Kul region in a week. The collection of signatures continues. The author of the petition is Alena Khomenko. She invited everyone to sign the online petition. In just a couple of days, 15,000 people signed the online document.…
“It is extremely important for exploration of new uranium objects in the region to be carried out only under the condition of maximum observance of environmental and technical safety,” Special Representative of the European Union for Central Asia, Peter Burian, declared. According to him, at the last donor conference on reclamation of uranium facilities in…
Rally against uranium mining at Tash-Bulak deposit in Kyzyl-Ompol village of Issyk-Kul region started in Bishkek. Participants of the protest demand to instruct the licensing commission of the State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use of Kyrgyzstan to conduct immediate audit and cancel over 35 previously issued licenses for geological exploration, sampling, mining and…
Equipment is being moved out of the uranium deposit, the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Mukhammedkaly Abylgaziev announced today at the meeting of the Parliament. According to him, all work on the field is suspended. Machinery will be removed in the coming days. The First Deputy Prime Minister Kubatbek Boronov left for Issyk-Kul region. He will…
Police posts that do not allow heavy equipment to go to the field were set up at Tash-Bulak uranium deposit, press service of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Government in Issyk-Kul region reported. Local authorities reportedly headed by the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Government in Issyk-Kul region Akylbek Osmonaliev visited the field. As of today,…