Theft of $1m in gold suspends Argentina mine project

Thieves heisted about $1-million of gold from a mining project in southern Argentina run by Vancouver-based Patagonia Gold.

Thieves broke into the gold room at the company’s Cap-Oeste Project in the province of Santa Cruz in the early hours of April 17 and escaped with about 500 ounces of gold, the company’s CEO Christopher van Tienhoven said in a statement.