The concessionaire has filed a reconsideration motion to avoid cancellation of the concession, and while it is resolved, the government will take care of the necessary maintenance work.
The review process to be carried out now by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Mici) could take up to two months. Once the process has been completed, it will be decided whether or not to cancel the concession granted to the Canadian company Petaquilla Minerals.
The government will assume the cleaning and sanitation works of the washing tubs at the Molejón gold mine, initially estimated at $2.5 million.
While the future of the concession granted to Petaquilla Minerals is being resolved, it was announced that a cleanup operation will be carried out in coordination with the National Programme of Support, consisting in strengthening and waterproofing the slopes, and cleaning the floor and maintenance areas that were abandoned with hydrocarbons.
The operator of Molejon gold mine in Panama has announced that it has obtained a line of credit of up to $25 million to restart operations from February 1st.
Baseline Financial Group is the company that will provide an initial payment of $10 million, with a progressive investment of up to $25 million, to revive the extraction of gold from the mine. The contract stipulates that 60% of the proceeds will go to Petaquilla Minerals, 40% to Baseline Financial Group and 10% will go to the administration of a trust.
For non compliance with the deadline to deliver the financial results of 2013-2014 the securities commission of British Columbia, Canada, the trading of the shares by the owner of the Molejón mine in Panama has been suspended.
Despite having announced in September changes in company structure and operation of the Molejón gold mine in Panama, the Canadian company Petaquilla Minerals continues to face financial difficulties.
The Ministry of Labor has retained office goods and the quarry belonging to Petaquilla Gold mining as part of measures to ensure the payment of wages of workers in the mine.
Despite rumors of the stoppage of the extraction process due to lack of capital to continue operations, the mining company is not bankrupt, but owes its employees about $3.5 million. It is expected that by 29th to 31st of October, the company will pay the fees.
The company announced that there will be changes in its structure and in the operation of Molejón mine, with projections for gold production at the end of the year being reduced by 5000 ounces.
Representatives from Petaquilla Minerals, the Canadian company which owns the mine, told Prensa.com that the restructuring being prepared by the company would be ready by the end of the year and would involve "... a reduction in the extraction of gold from the mine, which would decrease from the 9000 ounces mined in 2009 to 4000 at the close of this year. "
In the first quarter of 2014 production from the mine which is operated by Petaquilla Minerals amounted to 400 ounces, whereas in the same period in 2013 it was 17,700 ounces.
The quarterly report for January to March 2014 by the company Petaquilla Minerals reviews the financial and operating results of the Molejón goldmine in the province of Colon.
The approval of a draft contract-law in favor of Vera Gold Corp. would ensure an investment of more than $50 million in the former Santa Rosa mine.
This contract-law must first be approved by the Panamanian Congress. The lawyers explained that the aim of this type of concession by law is to protect the company.
A subsidiary of the Canadian mining company Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. Has received recognition as the largest exporter in Panama on behalf of the Panamanian Association of Exporters (APEX).
In a recent ceremony, the president of APEX presented a plaque of honor in recognition of the Canadian mining company, which extracts gold in Panama.
The mining company announced that gold production at Molejón increased to 8.562 ounces in November.
With this new figure, the company increased its annual production to 102.744 ounces of gold.
"The mining company also said the level of efficiency in its production plant is at 95.2%, a range it expects to continue to increase," journalist Rafael Berrocal reported in his article at Prensa.com.
The gold mine project Petaquilla, located in Panama, agreed a leasing structure with a national bank for the purchase of heavy machinery.
According to a company press release, the agreement was made between the bank and Infrastructural Development Panama, SA (PDI), a company's infrastructure subsidiary.
The mining project located in Panama has agreed the sale to Germany's Deustche Bank of 66,650 ounces of gold over the next five years.
Petaquilla has announced that its production commitments with Deustche Bank represent only 6% of the projects total resources.
Of the $45 million price, $2 million will be invested in working capital for the mine while an additional $40 million will go toward paying off pending bond debts.
Since operations began in January 2010, it has had sales of $36 million, paid production expenses of $21 million and sold each ounce for between $945 and $1,152.
The company was granted mining rights on 18 November 2009 and will pay the state 4% of gross earnings over the 20 years it plans to operate.
Each ounce of gold Petaquilla extracts costs the company $600.
The Canadian mining company, which owns the Molejón Gold Mine in Panama, today announced that it is negotiating a $70 million credit facility with a leading financial institution.
It has signed an engagement letter pursuant to which it will work with a leading financial institution to execute a US$70 million gold linked facility under which the Company would be required to deliver 91,710 ounces of gold over a five year term.
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