BANRO Suspends Operations at Namoya Mine Due to Attacks
5/18/17, 5:33 PM 05:33 PM EDT, 05/18/2017 (MT Newswires) -- BANRO (BAA) said there have been a series of attacks on police and military personnel in the village areas surrounding the Namoya mine. Subsequently, there were attempts to enter the Namoya mine camp by armed intruders, but they were repulsed by security. There was at least one fatality among the intruders, and one police fatality and one military personnel fatality. All of its staff and workers were unharmed.
As a precautionary measure, foreign nationals and non-essential local staff will be leaving site on a temporary basis until the security situation stabilizes. Mining operations are temporarily suspended. However, spraying of the heap leach facilities to extract gold is continuing.
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