Thursday, 20th July 2006 (2996 views)

The upswing in the gold market has led to mining firms paying big sums for experienced miners and developing new training programmes for those with less experience.

Teck Cominco's Pogo gold property in Alaska is one mine where a new training scheme has been introduced, the Anchorage Daily News reports.

When the gold market was more depressed, the mine would encourage interested workers to pay their own way through a training course, but higher gold prices have changed things for the better.

Now, those wanting to become miners will have a month's training paid by the mine. "We found that we needed to offer to pay guys," said the mine's manager of public and environmental affairs, Karl Hanneman.

Top miners at Pogo can earn in excess of $90,000 per year and the mine also offers production bonuses.

The Pogo gold mine poured its first gold brick in February this year and it holds great resource potential.

 

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