FM to place Cobre Panama operation onto care and maintenancehttps://www.first-quantum.com/English/announcements/announcements-details/2020/FIRST-QUANTUM-ANNOUNCES-HEIGHTENED-QUARANTINE-MEASURES-AT-COBRE-PANAMA/default.aspx
TORONTO, April 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (“FQM” or the “Company”) (TSX: FM) announces that it is in receipt of Resolution No. 11622 dated April 6, 2020 issued by the Director General of Health of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Panama (“MINSA”) ordering the temporary suspension of labour activities at its Panamanian subsidiary Minera Panama, S.A., as a sanitary control measure due to COVID-19.
The Company has decided to place the Cobre Panama operation onto care and maintenance until MINSA are satisfied that the quarantine conditions are appropriate.