UPDATE 1-Canada's K92 Mining halts some operations at Papua New Guinea mine after worker death
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March 19 (Reuters) - Canada's K92 Mining said on Tuesday underground operations at the Kainantu Gold Mine in Papua New Guinea have been temporarily suspended after a non-industrial incident earlier this month led to the death of an employee.
The Canadian miner, however, said processing operations, which had been suspended following the incident on March 10, have been resumed.
On March 13, the Mineral Resources Authority ordered the temporary suspension of underground operations. K92 said it had filed an appeal against the order based on preliminary findings from the company and the local police.
K92 had also suspended its mining operations at Kainantu Gold Mine last year following the death of two persons. (Reporting by Saikeerthi in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar)
