{"id":7724,"date":"2024-04-24T13:30:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T13:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/?p=7724"},"modified":"2024-07-30T23:42:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T23:42:24","slug":"wildfire-causes-artemis-to-evacuate-blackwater-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/24\/wildfire-causes-artemis-to-evacuate-blackwater-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildfire causes Artemis to evacuate Blackwater mine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Artemis Gold has responded to a wildfire evacuation order issued across a region that includes its Blackwater mine in British Columbia. The company has proactively removed all non-essential staff and contractors from the mine site as of July 21. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe safety and wellbeing of our employees and contractors is always our top priority,\u201d said CEO Steven Dean. \u201cMeanwhile, we are supporting our project team in planning our prompt return to full-scale construction as soon as it is safe to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Artemis said it has taken the necessary precautions to safeguard Blackwater and essential staff that remain on site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reuters<\/em> has reported up to 319 active wildfires in British Columbia, with more than half \u201cout of control.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sources: <\/em>Artemis Gold<\/em><\/a> <\/em>and Reuters<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Artemis Gold has responded to a wildfire evacuation order issued across a region that includes its Blackwater mine in British Columbia. The company has proactively removed all non-essential staff and contractors from the mine site as of July 21.  \u201cThe safety and wellbeing of our employees and contractors is always our top priority,\u201d said CEO Steven Dean. \u201cMeanwhile, we are…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[495],"tags":[1140,1880],"coauthors":[1644],"class_list":["post-7724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news","tag-artemis-gold","tag-blackwater-mine"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t