“Everybody's been knocking on our door, trying to understand what we are doing, trying to see how we did it,” Marna Cloete said.

Operating mines and development projects are expected to carry on as planned after the country stepped up security measures.

Solaris intends to use the funds to advance its flagship Warintza copper project in southeast Ecuador.

First Quantum initiated a process to sell its Las Cruces mine in southern Spain in December after the sudden closure of the Cobre Panama mine.

Vale Base Metals chairman Mark Cutifani is undertaking a unit-wide asset review.

Its latest collaboration agreement with HBIS will tap into the investment of up to $15 million over three years.

The Cobre Panama project was forced to shut down after Panama's top court ruled that its contract was unconstitutional.

The Canadian precious metals miner has paid down an additional $41 million in debt using cash on hand.