The country rejected Saturday an independent report claiming security forces used white phosphorus in a crackdown on a Chinese-backed copper mine protest last November.
To date, Vista had invested over $9 million in the water treatment programme and the construction of the automated management system, at the Mt Todd mine site in Northern Territory, Australia.
The Turkey-Iran gold-for-gas exchange can be considered dead as tighter US sanctions imposed on Tehran have already stopped Turkish Halkbank from processing other countries’ energy payments to the OPEC oil producer.