Tutkhun area cleared of mines for geological exploration

Relevant public agencies are taking necessary steps towards clearance of the Tutkhun area, located in the territory of Kalbajar district, on the basin of the Tutkhun river, the right tributary of the Tartarchay, of mines and unexploded ordnances, Report informs, citing the AzerGold CJSC.

According to the Company's exploration program for 2022-2025 years, active surface research-exploration works were launched at Bashlibel-Khanlanli, and Orujlu-Aghyatag-Chorman fields, which are cleared of mines and unexploded ordnances.

For the first time in the Caucasus, non-invasive hyperspectral satellite imaging, one of the relatively new methods of progressive surveying, has been applied at the 1,624 km2 area covering Kalbajar and Lachin districts.

According to the study and digitalization of geological data of 1959-1960, the area is expected to have gold, silver reserves, and industrially important copper metalization.