An aerial view of a sump at the Cobre Panama copper open-pit mine in Donoso, Panama, in March, 2025.Matias Delacroix/The Associated Press
Panama’s government aims to make a decision on the future of First Quantum’s Cobre Panama copper mine by June, president José Raúl Mulino said at a press conference on Thursday.
Mulino also said that Chile’s President-elect José Antonio Kast has offered to help by providing technical assistance as well as support from three mining experts.
The Cobre Panama mine, one of the world’s largest open-pit copper deposits, was shuttered in 2023 following protests from local residents over tax contributions and its environmental impact.