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7 Jun 2021

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Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Letter to Resource Capital Funds: Re: Lydian Canada Ventures/Amulsar gold mine - human rights and environmental impacts issues

...We are writing to Resource Capital Funds as key investor and indirect shareholder in Amulsar gold mine located in Armenia (“Amulsar Project”)...

We are reaching out in connection with unresolved concerns around the alleged actual and potential adverse human rights and environmental impacts of the Amulsar Project. We also would like to bring attention to concerns about the alleged judicial, verbal and physical harassment of human rights defenders representing the interests of local communities...

We would like to invite RCF to provide its perspective on its role and responsibility as a key institutional investor/indirect shareholder in the Amulsar Project, particularly with regards to addressing the alleged human rights risks and violations related to the investment in the Amulsar Project. Specific questions and issues are provided in section 5 below...

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