Image Credit: SUBMITTED February 06, 2021 - 2:36 PM A GoFundMe that was started for the family of a miner who died in a “mud rush” accident near Kamloops has raised almost $100,000 in three days. Raymond Rosenberg, 35, died following the accident at New Afton Mine near Kamloops, Feb. 2. Two other workers were also injured in the mud rush. The contract driller’s body was recovered Feb. 3. An online fundraiser that was set up Feb. 3 by relative Tasha Gruber had an initial goal of raising $25,000 for Rosenberg’s partner Keisha Gronning and their four children. As of Feb. 6, the GoFundMe has raised $97,977 from 840 donors. It has been shared nearly 4,000 times.
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New Gold Reports Resumption of Surface Operations at the New Afton Mine
February 5, 2021 GMT
TORONTO (BUSINESS WIRE) Feb 5, 2021
February 5, 2021- New Gold Inc. (“New Gold” or the “Company”) (TSX and NYSE American: NGD) announces that, while ensuring the health, safety and wellbeing of our employees and contractors, surface operations have resumed at the New Afton Mine, located in Kamloops, B.C.
The mill facility and tailings operations were restarted yesterday afternoon local time and the mill is currently processing ore from the live pile and intermediate-grade surface stockpile.
Image Credit: FILE PHOTO February 05, 2021 - 10:25 AM The New Afton Mine west of Kamloops has restarted operations after an accident that killed a contract employee. For now, the mine is restricted to surface operations while underground work is still suspended, according to a New Gold press release. No surface infrastructure was impacted by the underground mud rush incident, New Gold said in the release. On Feb. 2, there was a deadly mud rush underground at the New Afton Mine which prompted the mine to suspend operations. It took the life of contract driller Raymond Rosenberg, 35, and injured two other employees. Rosenberg s body was recovered Feb. 3.
Work underground remains paused. An underground mudslide led to the death of contract driller Ray Rosenberg, a 35-year-old father of four, in the very early morning hours of Tuesday, Feb. 2. Two others suffered non-life-threatening injuries. New Gold says no surface infrastructure at the mine was affected by the incident and that the company is working with the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation on a plan to continue work underground. The company said the mud-rush incident occurred under the Lift 1 cave in an isolated area, with other areas of the mine unaffected. As we move forward, the health, safety and wellbeing of everyone who works at New Gold will remain our highest priority, said New Gold president and CEO Renaud Adams in a press release.
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