Çöpler, İliç
Çöpler is a village in the İliç District of Erzincan Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Şikakî tribe and had a population of 289 in 2022.
Mining
In 1999, a gold-silver-copper ore deposit was explored near the village. The Çöpler mine started production of gold in 2010. Mining accidents occurred in June 2022 when a leak in the cyanide pipeline polluted the environment, and in February 2024 when a large mass (estimated at 10 million cubic metres) of heap leach material slid down into the valley, and nine miners were trapped under the landslide.
References
- ^ Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ^ Memiş, Bahar (2013). Erzincan İliç ilçesinin Çöpler köyü maden işletmesinin neden olduğu yeniden yerleşim uygulamasının sosyal antropolojik açıdan incelenmesi (Thesis) (in Turkish). p. 26.
- ^ "Çöpler Altın Madeni" (in Turkish). Kşidya Madencilik. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ "Erzincan'da tonlarca toprak 9 işçiyi yuttu! Haziranda kapatıldı, Eylülde açıldı". Milliyet (in Turkish). 14 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ Armstrong, Kathryn (14 February 2024). "Turkey mine: 'Race against time' to free workers after landslide". BBC News. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ Vock, Ido (13 February 2024). "Turkey gold mine: Nine workers missing after landslide". BBC News. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
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