Mongolia withdraws licenses of Centerra Gold

AKIPRESS.COM - The supreme court of Ulaanbaatar on September 10 decided to terminate the exploration and operational licenses of the Canadian Centerra Gold Inc., Mongolnow reports.
Centerra Gold Inc. is a Canadian mining company specialized in exploration, development, purchasing of mining sites in Northern America, Asia and other parts of the world. It is the largest western mining company in Central Asia.
The lawsuit was brought by non-profit organization "Movement for rescue of Noyon Mountain". The Noyon Mountain is believed to preserve valuable archaeological artifacts of the Hunnic period.
There was a movement "Rescue the Noyon Mountain", which was fighting against industrial mining on the "sacred territory" of Mongolia.
Most of things found during excavations in the Noyon uul are now in the Hermitage.