Stocks in play: Detour Gold Corporation
Entered a plea of guilty to one count of criminal negligence causing death in connection with the fatality that occurred at the Detour Lake mine site in June 2015. A sentencing hearing took place on August 30 and 31, 2017 in Cochrane, Ontario. In entering a plea of guilty, Detour Gold accepted responsibility for the death of one of its employees from acute cyanide intoxication via skin absorption in the course of carrying out work at the Detour Lake mine site. The Company was ordered to pay a fine of $1.4 million plus a corresponding 30% surcharge. Detour Gold Corporation