The owners of the Lac des Illes mine confirm a man who recently died from COVID-19 complications was one of their workers.
Impala Canada says they are deeply saddened by his death, which was announced by the Thunder Bay District Health Unit on Friday.
The mine has had 25 confirmed cases of COVID-19, but the company says 13 of those people now test negative for the virus.
They add that it has been two weeks since group of employees were sent home on April 13, after one of their team members tested positive. Those workers will be allowed to stop self-isolating if they haven’t developed any symptoms.
Lac des Illes has been in “care and maintenance mode” since April 13th, and Impala Canada says that will be the case for the time being. A “deep and comprehensive sanitization” of the mine camp was completed.
