Attorney General calls for action
Armed criminal miners have undertaken repeated attacks since July with improvised explosive devices and gunfire against Zijin's operations to force their way into the Buritica mine to illegally mine and steal its gold resources. Consequently, Zijin's workers have had to add bullet-proof jackets to their personal safety equipment. They move under armed escort and some of the mine's underground mining fleet have been armoured to protect workers.
The company has been planning upgrades to increase production to 240,000ozpa of gold. It has also added a base metals recovery circuit to produce 600tpa of copper and 5000tpa of zinc. However, its high-grade reserves of 3.71Moz grading 8.4gpt have long been a magnet for criminal miners. While state agencies intervened in April 2016, they stopped short of clearing out the criminal miners, whose number has steadily increased.
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