Primero Mining Reports A Fatality At Its San Dimas Mine

(RTTNews) - Primero Mining Corp. (PPP, P.TO) reported the fatality of an employee that occurred at its San Dimas mine in Mexico on the weekend.

"We feel great remorse over the loss of our colleague Enrique Ortiz, an experienced underground miner at our San Dimas mine," said Ernest Mast, President and Chief Operating Officer.

The accident was an isolated incident that occurred during wall and ceiling scaling in preparation for ground support installation in a cut-and-fill stope in the mine's Central Block area.

Primero said it is working with the local authorities, which have commenced an investigation. Operations at the mine will resume Tuesday morning after all crews have been fully debriefed on the accident. In the meantime, the plant is operating normally processing stockpiled material.