Saskatchewan’s mining workforce is set to get a boost of more than $4 million, mainly focused on potash operations in Esterhazy, the Mosaic Company announced Tuesday.

Mosaic CEO Bruce Bodine said the funding will help develop local talent and create jobs in communities where the company’s mines operate.

“Over the last 20 years, Mosaic has been proud to provide good jobs and invest millions into Saskatchewan’s rural communities and across the province, and today’s announcement is another example of that ongoing commitment,” Bodine said in a statement.

The funding is going toward a number of initiatives — $1.5 million in enhancements to the industrial mechanic workshop at Saskatchewan Polytech; $1.5 million to modernize the Esterhazy campus of Suncrest College and expand its industrial me

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