T he C O VID 19 pandemic has f o r c ed c ompanies t o pa y special at t ention t o mat t er s of saf ety and security t o k eep their emplo y ees health y and a v oid the pos sible spr ead of the virus onsit e T his has led man y c ompanies t o ha ving their emplo y ees w ork fr om home whene v e r pos sible as w ell as dr astic ally r educing the number of w ork er s pr esent onsit e t o a bar e minimum T he ph ysic al dist ancing of emplo y ees while addr es sing c onc erns of their ph ys ic al health has cr eat ed c omplic ations in Companies fac e ne w cyber security risks during pandemic Remot e w orking and lax cyber security c ould pose signif ic ant thr eat s t o c ompanies bot t om lines and emplo y ee saf ety By Matthew Parizot a c omplet ely diff er ent aspect of saf ety cyber security W ith emplo y ees w orking fr om home on their per sonal c omput er s the pos sible angles of at t ack f or cyber criminals has incr eased Absolut ely c ompanies ar e mor e e xposed at this time Andr e w Br e w e r CEO of CMS Consulting a Canadian f irm specializing in cyber security t old CIM Mag azine E v e ry r emot e w ork er is no w a separ at e risk t o the c ompan y Each home en vir onment is diff er ent and with so man y of them and the pandemic happening so suddenly it s lik e a perf ect st orm f or c ompanies not t o mention a fr ee f or all f or the bad guys I don t en v y c ompanies that did not plan ahead F or an industry as tr aditionally ana log as mining cyber security might not sound lik e an is sue w o rth being c o n c erned about especially during a global health crisis However accor ding t o Br e w e r g aps in a c ompan y s cyber secu rity c an r esult in signif ic ant f inancial damag e and c an e v en c ompr omise the saf ety of it s w ork er s c opper silv er mine the N e w Brit annia mill acquir ed by the c ompan y in 2015 as w ell as se v e r al sat ellit e deposit s In F e b ruary 2019 the c ompan y announc ed the f i r st phase of it s str at egy t o incr ease pr o duction at L alor f ollo wing the r e furbish ing of the N e w Brit annia mill F or the sec ond phase of the plan e x e cut ed ov er the past 12 months the c o m pan y has f ocused on e xt ensiv e inf ill and e xplor ation drilling at L alor and adv anc ing engineering studies on the r egional deposit s in S n o w L a k e A c c o r ding t o Hudba y the t o t al S n o w L a k e g old r eserv es ha v e incr eased 35 per c ent t o 22 million ounc es based on 15 million t onnes with a gr ade of 416 gr ams per t onne T his anticipat es an incr ease of L alor s lif e o f mine g old pr oduction by 41 per c ent c ompar ed t o the pr e vious plan and no w st ands at 1501 000 ounc es ov er the ne xt 10 y ear s c ompar ed t o 1134 000 fr om F ebruary 2019 Onc e the N e w Brit annia mill is r e furbished in 20 2 2 g old pr oduc tion is e xpect ed t o a v er ag e 150 000 ounc es per y ear ov er the f i r st eight y ear s which is mor e than double the mine s curr ent annual g old pr oduction ac c o r ding t o Hudba y Af t er the f i r st 10 y ear s the L alor f eed will be r eplac ed by or e fr om the WIM and 3 Zone deposit s f o r the r emaining eight y ear s T he c ompan y also announc ed the thir d phase of it s str at egy f or S n o w L a k e T his includes using L alor s 4 4 million t onnes of inf err ed miner al r esour c es t o pot entially e x t end it s lif e past the ne xt 10 y ear s as w ell as additional drilling at the c ompan y s N e w Brit annia Bir ch 1901 W a t t s and Pen II deposit s in the r egion A c c o r ding t o Hudba y pr esident and CEO Pet er K ukielski the c ompan y is e xtr emely pleased with our e xplor ation suc c e s s ov er the past 12 months in Mani t oba wher e w e v e doubled the mine lif e in S n o w L a k e and mor e than doubled L alor s annual g old pr oduction fr om cur r ent le v els Matthew P arizot 22 CIM Magazine V ol 15 No 3 Hudbay s plan for Lalor will increased the mine s life by one year and double annual production Courtesy of Hudbay Minerals Hudba y aims t o double g old pr oduction a t L alor mine Hudba y Miner als oper ations in Mani t oba ha v e r e c eiv ed a boost t o their r eserv es and pr oduction ac c o r ding t o an updat e r eleased by the c ompan y on Mar 31 Hudba y s oper ational f ocus in Canada is in the S n o w L a k e r egion of Manit oba home t o the c ompan y s L alor g old zinc