Indian mining firm prepares to dig deep in Ratanakiri

2 September 2016
The Cambodia Daily
Extractive Industries / Extractive industries licensing and payments / Foreign investors / Gold
Angkor Gold / Council for the Development of Cambodia / Geopacific Resources / Harsh Sharma / Mesco Gold / Ministry of Mines and Energy / Romam Moch / Royal Group / Sovann Bunthai

The Ministry of Mines and Energy is set to issue the country’s first commercial underground mining license to Indian company Mesco Gold in two weeks, despite opposition by residents of two villages concerned about compensation and environmental damage. The company plans to break ground on its concession in Ratanakkiri province’s O’yadaw district in about six weeks, said Harsh Sharma, operations director for Mesco Gold, a Cambodia-based subsidiary of New Delhi-based Mesco Steel. …

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