Panama’s President blames previous gov’t for First Quantum mine crisis
The Cobre Panama mine paid the price for the accumulated national discontent, said President José Raúl Mulino.
Santacruz Silver Mining said on Friday that an employee died at its Zimapan mine in Mexico last week.
The fatality was due to a rockfall from a stope face, the Canadian miner said in a statement.
“A jackleg driller and his helper were collaring a horizontal blast hole, at which time a rock fell from the face and struck the helper,” the company added.
An investigation is ongoing, the company added and said the mine has since resumed operations.
(By Seher Dareen; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)
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