SSR Mining says environmental permit for Turkey mine has been revoked (updated)

SSR Mining

19/02/2024 03:06

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       Feb 18 (Reuters) - 
    Canada-listed gold miner SSR Mining  SSRM.TO  said late on
Sunday that its environmental permit for a gold mine in eastern
Turkey has been revoked.
     The operations at the company's Copler mine will remain
suspended until further notice, the company said. 
    The developments come after a landslide at the gold mine
that left at least eight miners missing and sparked a more than
50% drop in its Toronto-listed shares.
    Search and rescue operations to locate the nine missing
workers at the mine are continuing, the company said.
    The mine produced 56,768 ounces of gold in the third-quarter
of last year and is SSR's second-largest producing gold mine,
operating since 2010.
        
  
    

 (Reporting by Anirudh Saligrama in Bengaluru; Editing by Sonia
Cheema)
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