Thai gold mine closure sends 'horrendous' message, says Kingsgate chairman
Thailand's military ruler has used his sweeping powers to shut down the country's largest gold mine, part-owned by Australian company Kingsgate Consolidated.
Lindsay Murdoch is a three-time winner of the Walkley Award, Australia's top award for journalistic excellence. Lindsay is a former correspondent based in Singapore, Jakarta and Darwin. In 1999 he covered the tumultuous events in East Timor, and in 2003 he covered the Iraq war while embedded with US Marines.
Thailand's military ruler has used his sweeping powers to shut down the country's largest gold mine, part-owned by Australian company Kingsgate Consolidated.
Thailand's military government has thrown a lifeline to Australian gold miner Kingsgate, three weeks before the scheduled closure of its Chatree mine.
Thailand's military regime has ordered the shutdown of the country's gold mining and exploration industry, including the Australian-owned Chatree mine 280 kilometres north of Bangkok.
Thailand's Anti-Corruption Commission is investigating an allegation that Australian gold mine operator Kingsgate Consolidated bribed Thai state officials to obtain a gold mining concession.
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