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UPDATE 1-Argentina suspends gold leaching at Barrick mine after cyanide leak

Published 2015-09-17, 11:17 a/m
© Reuters. UPDATE 1-Argentina suspends gold leaching at Barrick mine after cyanide leak
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BUENOS AIRES, Sept 17 (Reuters) - An Argentine judge on
Thursday said he ordered a five-day suspension of the gold
leaching process at Barrick Gold Corp 's ABX.TO Veladero mine
to check if there was any environmental damage from a cyanide
leak triggered by a faulty valve.
"We have decided on this cautionary measure suspending the
process of lixiviation for five days," Pablo Oritja, a judge in
the western province of San Juan told Reuters on Thursday.
A Barrick spokesman said that at this time, there was no
material impact to production to report.
Oritja said the measure was to ensure that production at
Veladero, one of the largest gold mines in Argentina, was safe.
Barrick's Argentine unit said on Wednesday that it had
detected no contamination in surrounding rivers since the leak
happened over the weekend.
The company said the faulty valve had been replaced and
there had been no threat to the health of its workers or the
local community. Nonetheless it had launched an investigation to
determine the root cause of the valve failure and was monitoring
the quality of water in the area.

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