"Salt mining will resume soon at the Dolinsky deposit," – wrote on his Facebook page, the mayor of the Dolynska territorial community, Ivan Dyriv, posted. The settlement is located 58 kilometers from Ivano-Frankivsk, and raw materials for salt production have been extracted there since at least the 16th century until the mid-90s.

The project investor, the Kharkiv-based company "Planeta Komfort," plans not only to resume raw material extraction but also to build a salt-evaporation plant in the Valley. The investment volume in the project is still being determined. However, Planeta Komfort has already spent 15 million UAH on the salt project. The money went to purchasing a license, obtaining archival documents, and researching abandoned wells and shafts.

LIGA.net I spoke with the mayor of Dolina, Ivan Dyriv, as well as with the top manager of the company "Planeta Komfort," Andriy Dobrosotskyi, about when the enterprise will start operating, what kind of salt it will produce, and where the money for this project will come from.

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