Employee numbers up for second straight month

For the second consecutive month there was increase in the number of full time employees at the Barrick Golden Sunlight Mine.

At the Community Transition Advisory Committee meeting last week, General Manager Dan Banghart reported there were two new full time employees at the mine. He said the number of full times employees at the mine is now 50. The number had been 44 in May. There is one regional Barrick employee, and 84 contract employees currently at the site.

After a huge month of production with 6,451 ounces in May, the numbers at the mine were down in June. Banghart said the June...