Hummingbird Resources plc lowered full-year production to below the bottom end of 2021 guidance range after regional unrest and illegal road blocks temporarily halted operations at its Yanfolila gold mine in Mali.
SAFETY
The company added that the activities had affected employee’s ability to work safely, which was Hummingbird’s priority.
“The situation on site remains calm and orderly with all employees and contractors safe and accounted for,” said the company in a statement.
“The current illegal action is from a small minority and not representive of the communities where the company operates, and is damaging for all concerned.
“Given the unrest includes illegal activities such as public order and blocking of public access roads, the company has elevated the disruption to the national government, who are in the process of working through the situation and resolving it.”
OPERATIONS
Hummingbird said it expected to resume normal operations shortly.
Chief executive Dan Betts added that the short-term interruption should not overshadow the “tremendous pipeline of development work and opportunity” in front of the company.