According to Mining News Pro -Three exploration geologists working on Continental Gold’s (TSX: CNL; US-OTC: CGOOF) Berlin project in Colombia were killed during an attack on their residence in the middle of the night.

The residence houses exploration geologists and contractors working on the project and is located in the village of Ochali, which lies within the boundaries of the Berlin project, 90 km north of Medellin.

Preliminary reports are that the employees were killed by a dissident group of ex-FARC members. FARC – the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – was a guerrilla movement that operated from 1964 until 2017. It started off as a Marxist-Leninist peasant force promoting agrarianism and anti-imperialism.