Lake Shore Gold Provides Update on Incident at Timmins West Mine

Lake Shore Gold held a brief press conference to respond to enquiquarry business in nigeriaries from the media, and Dan Gagnon, Senior Vice-President of Operations, issued the following statement:

"We had a tragic incident at our Timmins West Complex yesterday afternoon where Trevor King was fatally injured while loading a development round on the 730m level at our Timmins Mine. Trevor was struck by a piece of rock. The incident is presently being investigated by the Ministry of Labour and Lake Shore Gold Management and Joint Health and Safety Committee. Our focus over the last two days has been to support Trevor's family and our employees. We have been focusing on communication and providing counselling to our employees. The Timmins Mine has been shut down yesterday and today and production will resume in the next day or...