Canada's Mountain Province Diamonds says worker dies at Gahcho Kue mine

Mountain Province Diamonds

02/09/2022 15:43

Sept 2 (Reuters) - Mountain Province Diamonds Inc  MPVD.TO 
said on Friday that an employee from a contractor died due to
injuries sustained in an incident at Gahcho Kue mine in Canada's
Northwest Territories.
    The cause of the incident, which happened on Thursday, was
unclear and all non-essential work at the mine has been stopped.
    The mine is a joint venture between Canada's Mountain
Province Diamonds and De Beers Group, which owns 51%.
    "The circumstances around what happened are under
investigation by the appropriate authorities," the companies
said.

 (Reporting by Ankit Kumar; Editing by Maju Samuel)
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