Lydian International, a gold-focused mineral exploration and development company, today announced that the working group formed by the Armenian government has concluded its assessment of the Company’s latest proposed location for a heap leach processing facility at its Amulsar gold project.

The Armenian Government has given the Company its preliminary endorsement for the proposed location, says the statement posted on company’s website. 

In addition, the Company announces that the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources has extended the deadline for the completion of the Company’s open pit construction and capital mining works to September 26, 2018 and has executed an official geotechnical exploration agreement the new heap leach processing facility site.