Coeur d’Alene Mines Reports Fatal Accident at Palmarejo Mine
August 27 2012 - 2:30AM
Business Wire
Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation (“Coeur”) (NYSE: CDE) (TSX:
CDM) reported that a fatality took place late Sunday morning at the
Company’s Palmarejo silver and gold mine in Mexico.
The incident occurred outside the underground mine in the
vicinity of the south portal and involved an employee who fell
while performing maintenance work on a piece of surface equipment.
The appropriate authorities have been notified and the incident is
under investigation by the Company and the local police. Work
in the underground portion of the mine has been suspended pending
completion of the investigation. The open pit mine and milling
facilities remain in operation.
The Palmarejo Mine is located 420 kilometers by road southwest
of the state capital city of Chihuahua and 15 kilometers northwest
of the town of Témoris. Palmarejo employs over 900 people while
contractor employment totals about 150.
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