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Eldorado Gold Postpones Decision to Suspend Skouries Mine Operation

Eldorado Gold Corp on Thursday said it had decided to temporarily postpone its decision to place its Chalkidiki assets on care and maintenance. The company also said it entered into dialogue with Greece's Ministry of Energy and Environment to develop...

Miners Protest while Greek Gov't Continues Tiff with Eldorado Gold

Hundreds of miners from the Chalkidiki region gathered outside the Ministry of Environment and Energy on Thursday to protest against the State's unwillingness to provide certain permits to their employer, Eldorado Gold. The Canadian mining company has given an ultimatum...

Eldorado Gold Miners Descent to Athens Demanding Government Issue Permits

Workers from the Eldorado Gold mines in Chalkidiki, northern Greece, have announced that they will travel to Athens again, to demand that the government issues the necessary permits for the company to continue its operations. The Canadian company has set...

Eldorado Gold Issues Thursday Deadline to Greece for Skouries Mine

Eldorado Gold is ready to suspend the investment in Skouries, if the Greek government does not provide the necessary permits by Thursday. On Monday September 11, the Vancouver-based firm, and Greece’s largest foreign investor, had said that it will suspend...

Eldorado Gold Gets Two Permits to Operate in Northern Greece, More Permits Due

The back and forth discussions between the Greek State and Eldorado Gold mining company continues, with the Canadian company receiving two of the permits required to continue its operation in Olympias, in Chalkidiki, Northern Greece. This is a positive development...

Eldorado Gold Suspends Investment in Greece

Canada’s Eldorado Gold Corp said on Monday it would suspend investment at its mines and development projects in Greece due to a delay in obtaining permits from the Greek government. This represents a major blow to the recent efforts of...

New Greek Environment Minister Unblocks Goldmine Works

New Environment Minister Giorgos Stathakis on Thursday approved the study for the construction of the enrichment facility at the Hellas Gold mine at Skouries, northern Greece. The previous environment minister, Panos Skourletis, was refusing to sign the environmental study for...

Skouries Technical Study Approval Gives Green Light for Construction to Recommence

Eldorado Gold Corporation on Monday confirmed that Hellas Gold S.A., a Greek subsidiary of Eldorado, has received from Greece's Ministry of Energy and Environment the approval of the updated Technical Study for the Skouries Project in Halkidiki, Northern Greece. The...

Greek Government Grants Eldorado Gold Permit for Olympias Mine

The Greek government has granted Hellas Gold, a subsidiary of Canada's Eldorado Gold, a license for the Olympias mine in northern Greece. The company made the announcement on Tuesday, after Greece's Environment and Energy Ministry gave the mining company the...

Rift Between Greek Environment Minister and Canadian Mining Company

Greek Energy Minister Panos Skourletis said Paul Wright, CEO of the Eldorado Gold mining company operating in Greece, shorted the shares of his own company, with the company spokesperson calling the statement "utter nonsense." The rift between the two men...