Gabriel Resources nu are resurse cit Newmont, este doar un pitic mic care vrea sa dea un tun mare !
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4120550.html Aug. 16, 2006, 6:43AM Newmont Uzbek Venture Declared Bankrupt © 2006 The Associated Press TASHKENT, Uzbekistan - An Uzbek court has declared bankrupt the local joint venture of Newmont Mining Corp., a government-run newspaper reported Wednesday, likely ending the U.S. company's gold operations in Uzbekistan. The Zarafshan-Newmont joint venture owned by Newmont and the Uzbek government was declared bankrupt last Thursday over back taxes of $48 million, according to a statement published in the Narodnoye Slovo newspaper. The Uzbek Anti-Monopoly State Committee said in the statement that the mining venture's creditors would meet on Sept. 19, and that it had appointed a temporary manager. Newmont officials in Uzbekistan were not available for comment. Colorado-based Newmont, one of the world's largest gold producers, said last week that Uzbek authorities were trying to seize its part of the venture. It complained of officials opening a criminal probe into its operations and staffers, freezing its bank accounts and blocking shipments from the venture's Muruntau mine, 250 miles west of the Uzbek capital, Tashkent. In recent months, President Islam Karimov's government has hounded foreign-funded aid groups and media outlets, forcing many to leave the tightly controlled Central Asian state. Relations with the United States soured after Washington joined with European countries in calling for an independent probe into the bloody crackdown on last year's uprising in the eastern city of Andijan. When Newmont started the venture in 1995, Karimov welcomed it, promising a "regime of special favors" and tax privileges. The venture produced gold from stockpiles generated by one of the world's largest open pit gold mines. The company says direct economic benefit to Uzbekistan from the venture has exceeded $500 million. Based in Denver, Newmont has operations in Nevada, Australia, Peru, Indonesia, Canada, Uzbekistan, Bolivia, New Zealand and Mexico. The Uzbekistan dispute is the third international trouble that Newmont has faced recently. The other two involve a jobs protest in Peru and the ongoing trial of a Newmont executive in Indonesia. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Sageata Albastra e cea mai mare tzeapa a transportului public! Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/protest-ro/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
