Canadian miner Iamgold on Thursday announced the staged recall of employees back to its Westwood mine, in Quebec, ahead of a possible restart in the second half of the year.
Activities were currently still focused on training and rehabilitation work, the company said. But when operations do restart, it would be in the East Zone and progress to other zones in a staged manner.
Operations at the Westwood underground mine were suspended in November and 437 workers were laid off, after a seismic event. The mill restarted in November, processing stockpile and Grand Duc satellite openpit ore.
The group’s guidance for Westwood production is maintained at 45 000 oz to 65 000 oz for 2021.