The Ecuador Constitutional Court revoked the water and environmental rights of Cornerstone Capital Resources and ENAMI for the Río Magdalena concessions.
The simulators will be deployed at the Australian-first, Victorian Tunnelling Centre at Drummond Street campus, Chadstone, Victoria, which offers specialist training to workers in the mining, construction and tunnelling sectors.
Bullion was already holding steady ahead of the jobs report, and has since pushed higher in initial reaction to the weaker-than-expected employment figures.