“We regret to announce that we have to say goodbye to 187 of our colleagues,” the company’s management said in a statement, citing the “difficult financial situation” it faces due to “suspended production activities.”
SSR Mining, based in Denver and Toronto, owns 80% of Anagold’s shares, while Turkish company Lidya owns 20%.
After a landslide that trapped nine gold miners from enormous volumes of earth, the environmental permit of the mine had been revoked by the Turkish authorities.
However, for the workers’ union Bagimsiz Maden Is, the company’s management should take responsibility for the “gaps in terms of job security”.
“The conditions that caused the license to be revoked were created by (the management of) Anagold”, while, “due to the environmental impact”, it is now impossible to exploit “any other source of income” in the community where the gold mine is located, he told AFP union lawyer Mert Batur.
“Anagold should cover the financial costs of its actions” and “pay the workers’ salaries,” he added.
A mound formed by the deposition of soil after it was processed collapsed in February, covering a huge area and trapping nine workers.
According to a preliminary expert opinion, cited by Turkish media, the gold mine officials did not take the necessary precautions despite knowing that there were cracks in the hill of soil, rock and drift material that caused the disaster.
At that time, six executives of the company that manages the gold mine were arrested.
The business, which employs 667 workers, was already in the headlines in 2022 when a leak of cyanide salts, used to separate gold from the rock it is contained in, was revealed, with authorities suspending the mine.
It reopened after paying a fine, which had sparked outrage from the opposition.
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