Global miner AngloGold Ashanti has suspended its 92.5%-owned Cerro Vanguardia gold mine in Argentina for 10 days after detecting an undisclosed number of COVID-19 cases among the workforce.
While operations are expected to resume on Nov 20, AngloGold will allow only essential movements to and from the site for a further 10 days.
AngloGold says essential activities will continue while the Santa Cruz mine site is fully sanitised in coordination with health and labour authorities.
The latest suspension is expected to cut production by 8,000oz at Cerro Vanguardia, a 225,000ozpa operation.
Cerro Vanguardia was closed for 16 days in March-April due to country-wide travel restrictions and border closures.