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Chile environmental authority to sue Kinross over Maricunga water pumping wells

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Creamer Media Deputy Editor: North America
 
ENVIRONMENT
The Chilean environmental regulatory authority Superintendence of the Environment (SMA) has taken a resolution to start a legal process to force Canadian miner Kinross Gold’s subsidiary Compañía Minera Maricunga (CMM) to close the Maricunga mine's water pumping wells located in the Pantanillo area of Region III. TSX- and NYSE-listed Kinross said on Monday that the Maricunga mine continued to operate normally for now, but relied solely on water from Pantanillo wells to support its operations.
 
 
 
 
 

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