Kumtor, Kyrgyzstan Centerra stock falls as Kyrgyzstan violence erupts Metro Toronto News online   March 21/2005 Shares in Centerra Gold Inc. fell 5 percent on Monday as violent political protests broke out in southern Kyrgyzstan, the central Asian country where the gold producer's largest mine is located. Gold mine reorganization in Kyrgyztan spurs political controversy Eurasianet Business & Economics   July 20/2004 The restructuring of one of Kyrgyzstan’s most lucrative state-controlled economic assets is fueling political controversy in the Central Asian nation. Cameco Creates Centerra to Consolidate Gold Assets Cameco News   January 5/2004 Cameco Corporation and the Kyrgyz government have agreed to transfer all of Kumtor Gold Company (KGC), the owner of the Kumtor gold mine in the Kyrgyz Republic, to a new jointly owned Canadian company called Centerra Gold Inc. NGOs appeal for independent environmental and saftey audit of Kumtor gold mine in Kyrgyzstan October 29/2002 Kyrgyz NGOs have drafted this letter of appeal to the United Nations. Kyrgyz mine collapse spurs calls for review Inter Press Service News Agency   July 11/2002 A coalition of environmental and civic groups is calling for an independent investigation of an open-pit gold mine in Kyrgyzstan where a worker was buried and presumed killed when a 200-metre mine wall collapsed. Fatality at troubled Kumtor Gold Mine News Release: CEE Bankwatch Hungary, Human Development Center of Kyrgyzstan, MPC, MiningWatch Canada   July 10/2002 The July 8 death of a Kyrgyz national, who was buried in the collapse of a 200 meter high pit wall at a Canadian gold mine in Kyrgyzstan, has renewed calls for an independent, third party environmental and safety audit at the mine. Anniversary of Kumtor accident highlights extractive industry problems ahead of World Bank’s Extract CEE Bankwatch Network Press Release   May 21/2002 On May 20, 1998, a severe cyanide spill accident happened on the road to the Kumtor Gold Mine in Kyrgyzstan. Four years after the accident there are still lessons to be learnt. The Cyanide Spill Kyrgyzstan: measuring society development Eurasianet Environment   January 4/2000 Almost a year and a half ago, Kyrgyzstan experienced its most serious environmental accident since the tiny Central Asian republic gained independence. Canadian gold mine spills deadly cyanide Probe Alert   October 1/1998 On May 20, a truck carrying sodium cyanide to Kyrgyzstan's Kumtor Gold Company (one-third owned and operated by a subsidiary of the Saskatchewan-based Cameco Corporation) overturned into the Barskoon River, spilling nearly two tonnes of deadly cyanide.