Land for lease to exploit A Vao gold mine
On September 14, Mr. Ha Sy Dong - Vice Chairman of Quang Tri Provincial People's Committee confirmed that Quang Tri Provincial People's Committee has decided to lease 87,200m2 of land in A Vao commune (Dakrong district, Quang Tri province) to Mineral Development Joint Stock Company 4 (Nghe An province) to implement the investment project to exploit and process gold ore from the original A Vao gold mine (abbreviated as A Vao gold mine).
After the above decision, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Quang Tri province will organize a handover on the field for Mineral Development Joint Stock Company 4 to use.
Quang Tri Provincial People's Committee noted that during the project implementation process, if Mineral Development Joint Stock Company 4 violates land law, the state will reclaim the land according to regulations.
The above land lease is based on mineral exploitation license No. 2912/GP-BTNMT dated December 19, 2016 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment; Decision No. 413/QD-UBND dated March 3, 2016 of the People's Committee of Quang Tri province approving the investment policy decision for the A Vao gold mine project.
Forced to close A Pey A gold mine, but not yet implemented
In the decision to lease land to implement the A Vao gold mine project, the People's Committee of Quang Tri province requested Mineral Development Joint Stock Company 4 to complete the procedures for mine closure and land reclamation for the gold ore mineral mine project in the A Pey A area in A Bung commune, Dakrong district (abbreviated as A Pey A gold mine).
Previously, in 2011, the above company was granted a license to exploit the A Pey A gold mine, which expired in 2018. However, the company refused to complete the procedures to close the mine, return the land and has been delaying until now.
In October 2023, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Quang Tri province returned the investment project dossier for exploiting and processing A Vao gold mine because Mineral Development Joint Stock Company 4 did not complete the procedures to close the mine, return the land at A Pey A gold mine and pay off financial obligations.
Currently, Mineral Development Joint Stock Company 4 has not completed the procedures to close the A Pey A gold mine, but Quang Tri province still agrees to let the company lease land to exploit the A Vao gold mine.
Mr. Tran Van Quang - Director of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Quang Tri province said that Mineral Development Joint Stock Company 4 is completing procedures to close the A Pey A gold mine.
"We have had working sessions, the company committed to completely resolve the issue of closing the A Pey A gold mine to return the land. If in the future they still delay and do not close the mine, the department will propose to the People's Committee of Quang Tri province to take measures to handle it" - Mr. Tran Van Quang said.
