Vancouver-headquartered Lundin Gold has begun the first phases of reopening the Fruta del Norte gold mine, in Ecuador, after the government approved protocols that allow the mining industry to restart operations under health and safety guidelines.
The government has also established logistics corridors to facilitate transportation for the mining industry, which has seen Lundin ship all the concentrate and doré that have been stored at site since the suspension of operations on March 22, and started transporting reagents, parts and supplies to the site.
"The reestablishment of transportation corridors was an important first step in our plan to restart operations at the mine," said Lundin president and CEO Ron Hochstein.