Theft of $1 Million in Gold Suspends Argentina Mine Project
- Canada’s Patagonia Gold says thieves got away with 500 ounces
- Loot stolen from Cap-Oeste Project as company reviews security
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Thieves heisted about $1 million of gold from a mining project in southern Argentina run by Vancouver-based Patagonia Gold Corp.
Thieves broke into the gold room at the company’s Cap-Oeste Project in the province of Santa Cruz in the early hours of April 17 and escaped with about 500 ounces of gold, the company’s CEO Christopher van Tienhoven said in a statement.