PHICHIT: The Akara gold mine, also known as Chatree gold mine, resumed operations on Tuesday after a six-year suspension.
Situated on the borders of three provinces — Phichit, Phitsanulok and Phetchabun — the gold mine was closed in 2017 due to an executive decree issued by the now-dissolved National Council for Peace and Order after villagers raised health and environmental concerns.
Choetsak Attha-arun, Akara Resources’s general manager for organisational sustainability, said the company received two letters from the Provincial Industrial Office in Phichit and Phetchabun earlier this month allowing it to resume operations.
Only one manufacturing plant has been opened while the other…
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