TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – A contract miner died on Saturday when struck by falling rock that became dislodged while he was working in a raise at TSX- and NYSE-listed Great Panther Silver’s Hormiguera underground mine, one of ten independent mines comprising the Topia mine district, in Durango state, Mexico.
All underground activities at Hormiguera were immediately suspended and secured, while relevant government authorities were contacted. Formal investigations were under way.
Despite the accident area remaining closed, operations in other areas of the Topia mine were not affected.
This was the second accident at the mine this year.
“Following the first accident, we conducted an independent safety review and implemented a number of protocols to improve safety. We obviously still have work to do and will continue to strive to reduce the potential for future safety risks,” Great Panther Silver president and CEO Robert Archer said on Sunday.