FILE PHOTO: View of the Cobre Panama mine, of Canadian First Quantum Minerals, in Donoso, Panama, December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Aris MartínezTORONTO - Shares of Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals fell as much as 24.1% on Monday after the Panama government said it will hold a referendum whether to scrap a mining contract that was awarded to the company earlier this month.
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