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IAMGOLD Announces Safe Return of All Essakane Personnel
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - November 1, 2021) - IAMGOLD Corporation (TSX: IMG) (NYSE...
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[{"type":"text","content":"IAMGOLD Announces Safe Return of All Essakane PersonnelToronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - November 1, 2021) - IAMGOLD Corporation (TSX: IMG) (NYSE: IAG) (\"IAMGOLD\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to report that the two individuals who were unaccounted for following the security incident reported on October 29, 2021, have been safely located.The incident is now resolved, with all employees and contractors involved in the incident accounted for and safe. The Essakane mine site remains secured and our operations are not affected. At this time, the Company does not expect a negative material impact on production. IAMGOLD remains strongly committed to ensuring the health, safety and security of personnel and operations. The Company continues to monitor and assess the security situation and make appropriate precautionary adaptations. The Company is offering support to the personnel involved, colleagues and families and continues to engage with the relevant authorities and other partners in Burkina Faso in connection with security in the region around Essakane and its routes.CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATIONThis news release contains forward-looking statements. All statements, other than of historical fact, that address activities, events or developments that the Company believes, expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by, but not limited to, the use of the words \"may\", will\", \"should\", \"would\", \"continue\", \"expect\", \"expected\", \"anticipate\", \"estimate\", \"believe\", \"intend\", \"plan\", \"focused\", or \"project\" or the negative of these words or other variations on these words or comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company's ability to control or predict, that may cause the actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things, without limitation, security risks in certain jurisdictions in which the Company carries on business, including terrorism, civil unrest or war; legal, political or economic developments in the jurisdictions in ...