Despite killings, Continental Gold still on track with flagship Colombia mine - Reuters

Last September, Continental Gold Inc’s painstaking efforts to build community support for its gold and silver mine beneath the green skirts of Colombia’s Andes suddenly looked vulnerable when gunmen killed four of its employees in two separate attacks.

Now, nine months later, and with upgraded security, the Buritica project is still on track to kick off production next May, with managers acknowledging last year’s setback but also confident the venture will prosper.

“Even if it’s terrorism you have to accept that you failed. You lost a life you failed, period,” Chief Executive Ari Sussman told Reuters last week on the sidelines of a tour of the mine for journalists and investors. “We couldn’t have seen this coming but it happened so we’ve rebuilt our system and brought in new people.”

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