Armenian Genocide subsoil and industrial losses / 1919-2015

Mollakara Gold Mine

gold / mine. Reserve 59,954 kilotonnes of ore Mollakara, Gold Mine north of Van, in Aghbi, Agri Province, operated by, KOZA ALTIN İŞLETMELERİ A.Ş. Total Proven and Probable Reserve 59,954 kilotonnes of ore. Near Gharakilisa, which refers to a 17th cent. Armenian church, in an area inhabited by Armenians since the Urartian period, known as Tariuni (Daroynk'), an Armenian fortress city that withstood Sasanian invasion in the 4th century and became a Bagratuni stronghold and royal treasury, later known as Old Bayazet.