The Court concluded that the existing expert reports prepared for the Lower Administrative Court were insufficient to make either a positive or negative decision on the merits of the case. The case will now be returned to the Lower Administrative Court where it is most likely that a new expert committee will be assigned to review the case.

The temporary injunction which was placed by the High Administrative Court and resulted in the temporary closure of the mine, automatically expires with the decision on the case, according to Eldorado, which also said it will consult with the co-defendant, the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Forestry, regarding the next steps in the legal process.

On July 12, 2007, Eldorado reported that the Kisladag mine had been ordered to be shut down pending the ultimate decision by that court on the appeal of a lower court order in favor of the company confirming the legality and validity of the Mine's Environmental Impact Assessment. The mine subsequently stopped operations in mid-August. Kisladag, located in westcentral Turkey, is the country’s largest gold mine, with projected output at full production of up to 240,000 oz/y gold.