Layoffs at the Evolution Mine in Red Lake.
In a letter to the community, the company states “our Red Lake Operation has reduced its workforce by 114 full-time employees.”
Those impacted include Supervisors, operators and office staff.
Officials say the job reductions were necessary to return the mine to a sustainable, efficient, long-life gold operation.
Commenting on the changes, Acting General Manager Amber Adams stated “Evolution acquired Red Lake in March 2020 in the belief that the operation could be returned to a sustainable, efficient, long-life gold mine. In order to achieve this the Red Lake workforce needed to be restructured and unfortunately this means the overall headcount has been reduced. We have done our best to support all impacted employees through transparent communication, redundancy packages, employee and family assistance and career transition support.”
Red Lake has arranged for counselling, career transitioning services and information kits to be made available to affected employees.
Evolution says they remain committed to delivering a turnaround strategy for the mine.
Following the changes, the total workforce at the Red Lake Operation will be roughly 740 people.
Evolution, an Australian owned company, acquired the mine from Newmont Goldcorp in March of this year.
At the time of the purchase they said “Red Lake is an under-capitalized asset which, through a committed investment in development and exploration, is intended to become a cornerstone asset in the Evolution portfolio.”
