Mining companies around the globe are joining an industrywide push for gender equality and launching initiatives to increase the proportion of women working in mine pits, smelters and refineries.
The union had earlier asked the company to negotiate by 10:00 a.m. local time but said in a statement later on Monday that it had begun preparing for a strike.
Despite the political unrest in the Central American country, Condor has received an environmental permit for the development of a processing plant and associated mine site infrastructure at La India gold project.