BC Mining Company Says 10 of Its Workers Abducted in Western Mexico

A miner lights up one of the caverns so that his colleagues can see the way out of a mercury mine in San Joaquin, Mexico, Aug. 19, 2025. AP Photo/Fernando Llano

Vancouver-based mining company Vizsla Silver says 10 of its workers have been kidnapped in the western Mexican state of Sinaloa.

Vizsla Silver said in a Jan. 28 statement that “10 individuals have been taken” from a project site in the city of Concordia. The company is developing a silver and gold mining project in the area.