On April 15, 2009, Environmental Public Alliance held public discussion on the concept of gold extraction enterprise construction at the basin of Lake Sevan, initiated by GeoProMining Ltd. Most of the invited state department representatives were absent at the event. The concerned NGOs represented the environmental threats for Armenia should gold recovery enterprise at the basin of Lake Sevan be constructed.

S.O.S. Sevan initiative group supposes that the process related to gold recovery enterprise (Sotk ore mine) construction project by GeoProMining Ltd. at the basin of Lake Sevan has been moved to the field of parochial political decisions. It is not excluded that the Law on Lake Sevan that bans distribution of ore mine recovery enterprises at the basin of Lake Sevan may be amended.