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- ↑ "Troyanovo-1 Mine". marica-iztok.com. 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
- ↑ "Summary of Coal Industry in Bulgaria, Coal Mine Methane Country Profiles, Chapter 5, June 2015" (PDF).
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