There’s a cursed mine near Oulu that’s been destroying company after company – now Jim Jackson plans to do a trick no one else can

Where have I brought my family to?

Here’s what an experienced Australian mining manager thinks Jim Jackson After entering his wife wrap and his 10-year-old son Joshua Alight at Vehanni Railway Station in December 2022.

The snowflakes flowed horizontally. A day earlier, the family enjoyed the warmth of Brazil at Jackson’s former workplace.

“Originally, my colleague was sent here. He spent two weeks in the cold and darkness until he returned to Brazil,” recalled Jackson, who speaks a broad Australian dialect.

Jim Jackson, mining manager for Laiva Gold Oy, the last owner of the Levacanca mine, was sent to perform a trick many had tried but had yet to succeed: turning Levacanca into profit.