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Hold on....maybe its Kyrgystan that is the problem:
From Mining.com
Protestors block entrance to Centerra’s Kumtor mine in Kyrgyzstan Cecilia Jamasmie | May 28, 2013 Canadian miner Centerra Gold Inc. (TSX:CG) said Tuesday the road leading to its flagship Kumtor mine in Kyrgyzstan has been blocked by an illegal community protest. Although the company said operations has not been impacted it warned the road block is interfering with the movement of supplies and personnel to and from the mine. While Centerra is already working with the local authorities and the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic to resolve the situation, it said that if the road block is not removed in a timely manner “there may be a material negative impact on the company's operations, including its ability to mine the ice and waste to maintain stable pit conditions, manage the relocation of certain mine infrastructure, and its gold production and financial results.” Centerra Gold is a significant employer and taxpayer in the Central Asian country and a key contributor to the Kyrgyz economy. In fact, the Kumtor open pit gold mine accounts for 60% of the nation's industrial output and, according to the company, it is the largest gold mine operated in Central Asia by a Western-based company. To give an idea of just how important Kumtor — the largest gold deposit operated in central Asia by a western company— is to the country, Centerra’s announcement May 15 of reduced 2012 gold production guidance (from 642,000 ounces to 390,000 ounces) led to this pronouncement from Prime Minister Omurbek Babanov: “Kyrgyzstan’s annual GDP growth will fall to 1.8% from the original target of 7.5%.” Kyrgyzstan, a land-locked country of five million people on China's western border, has become infamous in recent years because it hosts a U.S. airbase used to support military operations in neighbouring Afghanistan.
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