MJ Online speaks to Lafayette`s Baker
Filed under: Mine - RapuRapu, Mineral - Copper, Mineral - Gold, Mineral - Silver, Mineral - Tin, Mineral - Zinc, Operator - Lafayette, Operator - RRMI, Operator - RRPI, Operator - RapuRapu Mining, Region 05 - Albay
Melbourne-based Lafayette Mining Ltd has had a year to forget.
After contaminated water leaked from a tailings dam at its Rapu Rapu mine in late 2005 production was suspended and extensive remedial work began.
A hefty fine, the linking of the company to a separate cyanide spill near Rapu Rapu Island and pressure from local and international mining pressure groups about its environmental record were all faced against the backdrop of a need to secure the permits necessary to reopen the mine.
A year on from the initial accident Lafayette is now looking forward to the future and the success of one of the region`s most important new mines.
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