A local miner's been fined for environmental offences done by a company it has since bought.
The fine relates to an incident in May 2021, when Prodigy Gold was redeveloping the Magino Mine - it hired Sigfusson Northern to undertake a range of construction projects, with the heavy construction company in turn hiring Fraser Drill Blast Management to provide certain blast services - during blasting, a piece of fly rock struck a vehicle travelling on the road, breaking through the windshield and striking the passenger, resulting in a left forearm fracture - an investigation determined the blast location was not plotted correctly.
As Prodigy merged into Alamos Gold this past January, Alamos was convicted and fined $67,500 - with a nearly $17,000 victim fine surcharge - for discharging, causing, or permitting the discharge of a contaminant - namely fly rock - into the natural environment, which caused an adverse effect, while Sigfusson Northern was fined $60,000 - with a $15,000 surcharge - and Fraser Drill Blast Management was fined $50,000, with a $12,500 surcharge.