Canadian miner New Gold (TSX:NGD) reports that an employee has been fatally injured at its Rainy River Gold-Silver Mine in northwestern Ontario.
The worker was operating a piece of equipment in the open pit.
Operations at the mine have been suspended. New Gold, which has a market capitalisation of C$2.3 billion ($2.5 billion) says it is working closely with local authorities and an investigation is underway.
The Rainy River Mine, which is located 65km northwest of Fort Frances, produces over 250,000 ounces of gold each year.
It has proven and probable reserves of 2.4 million ounces of gold and 6.3 million ounces of silver and measured and indicated resources of 800,000 ounces of gold and 2.2 million ounces of silver.
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