JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Operations at the jointly held Hidden Valley gold project, in Papua New Guinea, have been temporarily suspended following a 7.1 magnitude earthquake.

The mine, which is jointly held by South African gold miner Harmony and Australia's Newcrest Mining, was currently conducting a geotechnical and structural evaluation before restarting operations.

Harmony said on Wednesday that mining operations at Hidden Valley were only suspended as a precautionary measure, adding that preliminary investigations had not identified any major damage to the operation.

The Hidden Valley operation produced some 25 461 oz during the three months to September.
 

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