Some cautious optimism from a local mining expert to the blockbuster merger of Goldcorp and Newmont which was announced this week.
John Mason, the Director of Mining Services with the Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission, does not believe the merger will have an effect on Goldcorp’s two mining operations at Red Lake and Musselwhite.
He thinks it will take some time since there is some “nervousness and trepidation” but that we have to be optimistic right now “based on how solid these two mines are.”
The mining expert is hopeful the new company will begin exploring the northwest for other precious metals.