Toronto-listed First Quantum has been given the green light to resume normal operations at its Cobre Panama mine, after being ordered to shut the mine in early April, owing to positive Covid-19 cases.
The copper/gold miner said this week that it would implement a reopening plan, which provided for a phased increase of onsite personnel, while production was ramped up to an 85-million tonne-a-year throughput rate.
The operation would to ramp up to full production by mid-August, First Quantum stated.