Gold loses some luster after Trump’s decisive win
Gold’s slide is a marked turnaround for a commodity that had surged by more than 30% in the year leading up to the US vote.
For the second time this year, police have been called to the scene of a mining-related death in Timmins, Ontario.
According to a report in The Timmins Times, a 57-year-old man died Thursday morning in an accident at Goldcorp’s Hoyle Pond gold mine in Timmins.
Paramedics were dispatched to the Hoyle Pond Mine just before the noon hour today in response to a 9-1-1 call that a miner suffered a serious injury after being struck by a piece of heavy equipment underground near the 1400 level.
Ontario Ministry of Labour spokesperson Matt Blajer reported that the miner was hit by a scooptram. The man was rushed to Timmins and District Hospital and at some point early Thursday afternoon, he was pronounced dead. The man’s identity has not yet been revealed to the media. No other details were available.
This is the second mining fatality in Timmins this year. The first mining death occurred on January 6th at the Xstrata Kidd Mine, when contract miner Richard Roy was killed while working in a raise on the 8200 level.
