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Lightning causes Wesdome Gold Mines’ Eagle River transformer to fail

5th September 2013

By: Henry Lazenby

Creamer Media Deputy Editor: North America

  

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TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – TSX-listed Wesdome Gold Mines on Thursday reported that a lightning strike on Sunday hit the company's main electrical transformer at the Eagle River mining and milling complex, located 50 km west of Wawa, Ontario.

The company said backup diesel generators were only sufficient to maintain limited services.

A replacement transformer and backup transformer had been sourced and full service was expected to be restored in about two weeks.

"It's unfortunate as we were making good progress increasing mill efficiency. Throughput had been up about 50% so far in the third quarter, compared with the average in the first half,” CEO Rolly Uloth said.

For the months of July and August, Eagle River operations produced about 7 800 oz of gold.

“We will assess our options and flexibility to attain annual production guidance and report accordingly,” Uloth said.

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