"Çöpler Gold Mine Operations Halted After Cyanide-Laced Landslide in Turkey"
TL;DR
SSR Mining has halted gold production at its mine in eastern Turkey following a landslide that left at least nine miners missing, causing a more than 50% drop in its Toronto-listed shares. The mine, operated by Lidya Madencilik and owned by Calik Holding and SSR Mining, is the company's second-largest producing gold mine. Security footage captured the landslide, prompting a search and rescue effort involving 400 workers. The government has launched an investigation into the incident.
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- SSR Mining halts gold production in Turkey after landslide, shares tank Reuters
- Watch: CCTV captures massive landslide in Turkey BBC.com
- Hundreds of rescuers deployed in search for 9 workers missing at landslide-hit Turkish gold mine The Hill
- Missing Turkish miners ‘swallowed by cyanide-laced landslide’ The Guardian
- SSR Mining Announces Suspension of Operations at Çöpler Yahoo Finance
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