The gold miner must come up with a new plan to move more than 20 short-tailed chinchillas from its Salares Norte site.

The company says the Albatross discovery, about 1 km west of the Cass zone, demonstrates potential near the Kim and Cass zones for additional resources.

The Dublin-based institution’s purchase of 2 tonnes of gold in recent months has ended a more than decade-long period of unchanged holdings of the precious metal.

Gold posted a marginal loss last month as investors weighed the prospects of the Fed dialing back on stimulus amid elevated consumer prices.

The Donlin project hosts one of the largest and highest grade undeveloped deposits in the world.

The company said its investment to decarbonise will cost about $1.2 billion until 2030,

In 2020, WGC members made significant contributions to local economies.