Heavy spring runoff dumped 700,000 cubic metres of excess water into its tailings pond, prompting a temporary halt to mill operations. Additional pumping power has been brought in to transfer the water over to a water management pond. The company said it’s working with government regulators to expedite the process. The open-pit gold mine and mill is 50 kilometres northwest of Fort Frances. In a May 1 news release, New Gold expects the mill to be back online within five days, depending on precipitation levels. Mill workers are using this brief downtime to do maintenance activities that were planned for later this month READ HERE
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