There has been a fatality at Brucejack gold mine.

Newmont Corporation confirmed in a release yesterday that a member of their workforce died at the Brucejack site on December 20, 2023.

Operations at Brucejack are suspended and Newmont鈥檚 senior leadership is on-site to support relevant authorities to complete a full investigation into the incident, according to the post.

鈥淣ewmont will also complete an internal investigation and critical learnings will be embedded into our safety approach,鈥� it said.

The operation will remain closed to allow a full investigation to be completed and a comprehensive re-start plan developed to support safe operations going forward.

Since Brucejack opened in 2017, this is the fourth work-related fatality recorded at the mine.

Newmont recently acquired Newcrest Mining, the previous owner of the mine.