The authorities Ecuador opened the country's first mine for large-scale gold mining

San Francisco de Quito, 15 Nov — the PRIME. The authorities Ecuador opened the country's first underground mine for large-scale gold mining, reports the Ministry of Energy and non-renewable resources. "On Thursday, November 14, to Province of Zamora-Chinchipe the Fruta del Norte mine was officially open for Samora-Chinchipa, the first in the country on gold mining in a vast scale" — is told in the statement. It is expected that the mine provided in concession to the Canadian company by Lundin Gold, till 2034 will bring to the government Ecuador nearly 2 billion dollars in the form of taxes, license payments and other payments. The annual volume of production on mine...