The road connecting the Kumtor gold mine to major centres in Kyrgyzstan has been reopened following talks between the company and protestors in the Barskoon area.
Centerra Gold (CG-T) said it did not expect the week-long roadblock to have a significant effect on gold production from Kumtor. The mine continued operating during the protest.
The protestors were demanding that a compensation agreement between Centerra’s predecessor as operator of Kumtor (Kumtor Operating Company, now a wholly-owned subsidiary) and the Kyrgyz government be reopened. The agreement, reached in 1999, provided aid in the Barskoon region after a truck accident in 1998 where sodium cyanide was spilled into the Barskoon River.
Centerra officials met with the residents in the area late last week and the roadblock was abandoned on the weekend.
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