Tag: Sakdrisi

Georgia hosts major mining and geology conference backed by RMG

September 25, 2025September 25, 2025 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, September 25 – Tbilisi played host to the 11th International Scientific and Practical Conference on Geology and Mining, a gathering that brought together leading academics, industry experts, and engineers to discuss the future of the sector. The event was organized by the Georgian Mineralogical Society, the Georgian Technical University, the Grigol Tsulukidze Mining Institute, … Read more

What was lost when a mining company destroyed the ancient Sakdrisi site?

September 8, 2015 by DFWatch staff

In December, 2014, an archaeological site in southern Georgia was destroyed by the Russian mining company RMG Gold. What was lost in the blasts at Sakdrisi?

Professor Thomas Stöllner at the University of Bochum in Germany is one of the people

Court decides that RMG Gold must allow inspection of ancient mine

May 14, 2015 by DFW-admin

sakdrisi_mining_work — (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A court in Georgia on Wednesday decided that a mining company must allow experts access to a site so they can inspect an ancient gold mine which was destroyed last December.

Tbilisi City Court ruled that the parties in the conflict, experts and witnesses

Georgian PM campaigning for mining in ancient gold mine

April 4, 2015 by DFWatch staff

sakdrisi_artifacts — Activists for saving Sakdrisi made an exhibition that was on display in parliament in Kutaisi.

TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday defended the destruction of an ancient gold mine, arguing that locals need the jobs.

Appearing with employees of RMG Gold at the municipal building in Marneuli, a town south of the capital,

Govt coalition sabotaged vote over inquest into destruction of ancient site

March 6, 2015 by DFWatch staff

sakdrisi IPN — Sakdrisi after the destruction. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Parliament in Georgia again failed to create a commission to study the destruction of an ancient gold mine in December.

Scientists have found more than 5,400 years old human artefacts in the Sakdrisi cave near Bolnisi, but the archaeologically

Court rules Sakdrisi should have remained protected heritage site

March 4, 2015 by DFWatch staff

sakdrisi_gold_mine — This is what Sakdrisi looked like before RMG Gold began mining there. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian government lost its appeal in the case about lifting the protected status of an ancient gold mine in order to open for commercial exploitation.

Tbilisi City Court decided last summer that the ministry was wrong

Ombudsman says lifting of ancient gold mine's heritage status was illegal

February 24, 2015 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–In Georgia, the ombudsman claims that a government official broke the law when he greenlighted the destruction of a 5,400 year old cave complex with invaluable archaeological findings.

In December, the Russian company RMG Gold

Uncertain if Georgian parliament will investigate destruction of ancient mine

February 21, 2015 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–Parliament in Georgia has still not created a committee to investigate why a pre-historic gold mine was destroyed by a Russian mining company in mid December last year.

The Free Democrats on Friday nominated one of their members to chair

Georgian Dream hesitates over inquest into destruction of gold mine

January 23, 2015 by DFWatch staff

sakdrisi_investigate_destruction_2014-12-19 — Protesters were outraged when the Culture Ministry suddenly allowed RMG Gold to proceed with mining blasts at Sakdrisi in December. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Doubt has been cast on the Georgian parliament’s plans to have an inquest into the destruction of a prehistoric gold mine, as a leading parliamentarian says he no longer thinks it’s a good idea.

The ancient cave complex in Sakdrisi in southern

Another archaeological site in Georgia being destroyed

January 10, 2015 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–Another historical object allegedly more than 6,000 years old is believed to be destroyed by a construction company.

In a report by the TV channel Rustavi 2, archeologist Iulon Gagoshidze tried to raise the alarm about excavation work at Beri Kldeebi settlement,