Mining Company B2Gold To Restart Operations At El Limon Mine In Nicaragua

B2Gold Corp said on Wednesday it would reopen its El Limon mine in Nicaragua, which had been closed for two weeks after worker protests and violent culminated in a policeman being killed.

The Limon Mine is located in northwestern Nicaragua approximately 100 kilometres north of Managua and 20 kilometres from the Pan-American Highway.

B2Gold holds a 95% interest in the Limon Mine, with the remaining 5% being held by Inversiones Mineras S.A., a holding company representing unionized mine workers in Nicaragua.

Mining company B2Gold said in a statement "that the mining workers in El Limon mine can start working again on Wednesday afternoon"

B2Gold Closes Nicaraguan Mine After Clashes And Violence

VANCOUVER - B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO) has halted operations at its El Limon Mine in Nicaragua after violence linked to an ongoing blockade left a national police officer dead and 23 were injured in clashes with protesting workers demanding the reinstatement of fired employees at a Nicaraguan gold mine.

Looks a woman carries a shotgun, gas mask and baton taken from a riot police officer after clashes between striking miners and riot police in El Limon, Nicaragua, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015. The miners where protesting against the firing of several union members by the Canadian B2Gold gold mining company when the clashes erupted. According to the police one police officer died in the violence.