Pakistan to pay foreign firm S$8.1 bln over mine closure, World Bank says

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Pakistan to pay foreign firm S$8.1 billion over gold and copper mine closure, World Bank says.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan will have to pay almost US$6 billion in damages to a foreign gold mining firm whose dig was shut down by the government in 2011, the World Bank said Sunday.

But the project came to a standstill in 2011 after the local government refused to renew the consortium's lease, and in 2013 Pakistan's top court declared it invalid. The country's legal experts were"studying the Award and reflecting upon its financial and legal implications," the statement continued.

Barrick and Antofagasta say the proposed plant could produce 600,000 tonnes of copper and 250,000 ounces of gold a year.

 

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