{"id":1026814,"date":"2018-09-20T18:40:40","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T18:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1026814"},"modified":"2018-09-20T18:40:40","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T18:40:40","slug":"three-dead-several-injured-after-attack-at-continental-gold-site-in-colombia-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1026814","title":{"rendered":"Three dead, several injured after attack at Continental Gold site in Colombia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:16px\">By  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/three-dead-several-injured-attack-continental-gold-site-colombia\/\">Cecilia Jamasmie<\/a><\/span>  <\/p>\n<p>Canada&#8217;s Continental Gold (TSX:CNL) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.continentalgold.com\/en\/continental-gold-reports-incident-at-its-berlin-project-colombia\/\" rel=\"noopener\">said Thursday three of its workers in Colombia died<\/a> and several others were injured after a residence that housed exploration geologists and contractors was attacked overnight.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second time in two weeks the Toronto-based miner mourns the death of staff members in the South American country. The recent incident took place in the village of Ochali within the boundaries of Continental&#8217;s Berlin exploration project.<\/p>\n<p><q>This is the second time in September Continental Gold mourns the death of staff members in the South American country. <\/q><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, two of the company&#8217;s mining engineers were <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.continentalgold.com\/en\/continental-gold-reports-security-incident-in-the-town-of-buritica\/\" rel=\"noopener\">attacked by two armed individuals<\/a> in the Town of Buritic\u00e1, near the company&#8217;s flagship gold project. One of them died.<\/p>\n<p>Local paper <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/web\/s-africa-withdraws-draft-minerals-law-separate-oil-mining\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>El Colombiano<\/em> reports<\/a> (in Spanish) that Thursday&#8217;s charge is believed to have been conducted by ex-FARC dissident members that operate in the area.<\/p>\n<p>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.continentalgold.com\/en\/continental-gold-reports-incident-at-its-berlin-project-colombia\/\" rel=\"noopener\">a statement<\/a>, Continental Gold confirmed those rumours, noting details related to the severity of the assault were still unclear. \u201cBut the worst is feared,\u201d the miner said.<\/p>\n<p>The FARC or People&#8217;s Army was a guerrilla movement involved in Colombia&#8217;s armed conflict from 1964 to 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Continental&#8217;s Buritica gold project has attracted the interest of major miners, including Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM), which last year plunked down $109 million for a 19.9% stake in the company to get a piece of the junior&#8217;s high-grade, fully permitted project, which is expected to pour its first gold in early 202,.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/three-dead-several-injured-attack-continental-gold-site-colombia\/\">Three dead, several injured after attack at Continental Gold site in Colombia<\/a> appeared first on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/\">MINING.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/three-dead-several-injured-attack-continental-gold-site-colombia\/\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"rssmi_more\"> &#8230;read more<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>From:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/three-dead-several-injured-attack-continental-gold-site-colombia\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Three dead, several injured after attack at Continental Gold site in Colombia\">Mining.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Cecilia Jamasmie Canada&#8217;s Continental Gold (TSX:CNL) said Thursday three of its workers in Colombia died and several others were injured after a residence that housed exploration geologists and contractors was attacked overnight. This is the second time in two weeks the Toronto-based miner mourns the death of staff members in the South American country. 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