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Workers at the closed First Quantum mine in Panama warn of risk of ‘invasion’ of the deposit

The union representing staff at the First Quantum copper mine in Panama warned Wednesday of another union’s plan to “invade” the site next week, the latest standoff around the mine today. closed today, which sparked nationwide protests last year. The miners’ union UTRAMIPA has said it is “concerned” about plans by structural workers’ union Suntracs, the country’s largest, to forcibly enter the Canadian mining company’s operations on Jan. 9. The first Quantum suspended completion at the end of November. production of advertisements at the mine and put them into care and maintenance, but the company still has apparatus and personnel on site.

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Orla Mining Provides Update on Panama and Cerro Quema Project

Orla Mining Ltd. (TSX: OLA) (NYSE: ORLA) (“Orla” or the “Company”) notes that the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Panama (“MICI”) has denied extension requests for the 3 mining concessions comprising the Company’s property. Cerro Quema Project, declared the leases cancelled and declared the concessions that make up a reserveArray

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UPDATE 1: Panama’s government orders first Quantum to end mining operations, says Unidad Nacional

Panama’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry has ordered Canada’s First Quantum to end operations at its lucrative copper mine, the company’s unit in the country said on Friday. The ministry sent the unit, Cobre Panama, a formal statement urging it to “cease extraction, processing, refining, transportation, export and sale activities” at the mine, Cobre Panama said in a statement. The government’s move comes after Panama’s Supreme Court ruled last month that First Quantum’s mine operating contract was unconstitutional, following months of protests.

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