Pictured: SolGold Executive Director exploration Jason Ward
SolGold will take a cautious approach to restarting work at the Alpala project this weekend.
There has been a strong push from locals within the Cascabel community, Ecuador, for work to continue during COVID-19, however, with a PFS on the 55-year, 10mt copper and 21.7 moz gold project expected to be released in the coming months a lot of SolGold’s work is currently being done off-site.
“We’re working cautiously to make sure no-one is contaminated,” SolGold executive director exploration Jason Ward said this morning. Cascabel hasn’t been severely impacted by the coronavirus like other parts of Ecuador where there are reportedly 30,000 cases.Meanwhile, the Government is working to have the Mining Cadaster back online in Q4 (possibly in Jan/Feb 2021 pending election outcomes).
There are “roughly” 700 applications in the backlog (since January 2018), which can be potentially pushed through within 60 days of the Mining Cadaster going live again.