Second mill restarted at Dubreuilville mine

A Dubreuilville-area gold mine dealt with a “seismic event” and equipment failure that affected a mill’s operation during the third quarter.

No workers were hurt or equipment damaged during the disturbance at Alamos Gold’s Island Gold District in mid-October. But an escape gateway needed rehabilitation, resulting in short-term loss of access to higher-grade stopes within one mining front.

“ It’s not a long-term residual effect,” said chief operating offier Luc Guimond during a conference call with analysts last Friday. “We always have seismic events.”

Mining in the affected area is expected to resume in early December.

A rare capacitator failure in the electrical house resulted in one week of unplanned downtime at the Magino mill in late September. Alamos Gold acquired Argonaut Gold’s