Chinchillas throw wrench in Gold Fields’ Chile mine expansion plan
Mining News Pro - Gold Fields Ltd.’s flagship $860 million expansion project in Chile has stumbled over a large rodent, whose prized fur saw it hunted to the brink of extinction.
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Wellbeing of 25 chinchillas weighs on Gold Fields access to 3.5m gold ounces
Mining News Pro - Chile’s environmental watchdog is “weeks away” of issuing a decision on whether Gold Fields (TSX, NYSE: GFI) harmed a group of 25 short-tailed chinchillas by attempting to move them so it can access 3.5 million ounces of extractable gold in the country’s north.
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Chinchillas prevent Gold Fields from accessing 3.5 million gold ounces
Mining News Pro - South African bullion producer Gold Fields could soon access 3.5 million ounces of extractable gold in northern Chile – if an operation to capture and relocate a population of critically endangered chinchillas living around the project proves successful.
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