Country Experience: Armenia
To the south of Georgia lies Armenia, a Christian country on the edge of the Moslem world. Since the 5th century the Armenians have struggled and often fought with the Turks and Azerbaijanis to the south. Russian language is used for business, but Armenian is no longer discouraged, as it was under the Soviets.
JSD looked at three gold projects in this region: Zod, Meghradzor and a tailings re-treatment opportunity.
Frozen waterfalls underground
Land of the shashlik Zod, the frozen mining frontier with Azerbaijan