Dominion Diamond Corporation Provides Update on Incident at the Ekati Diamond Mine
June 23 2016 - 12:21PM
Business Wire
Dominion Diamond Corporation (TSX:DDC, NYSE:DDC) (the “Company”)
can confirm that at approximately 7:00 am on June 23, 2016, an
incident occurred at the Ekati mine site.
A fire broke out during a planned outage in the Process Plant.
The Incident Management Team was activated to respond to the
situation and the Emergency Response Team (ERT) was called to the
scene and the fire has been contained.
All personnel were evacuated from the Process Plant and have
been accounted for. At this time, no injuries have been
reported.
Our first priority is the safety and well-being of our workforce
and of all the people involved in responding to this incident. We
will provide further information as it becomes available.
About Dominion Diamond CorporationDominion Diamond
Corporation is the world’s third largest producer of rough diamonds
by value. Both of its production assets are located in the low
political risk environment of the Northwest Territories in Canada
where the Company also has its head office. The Company is well
capitalized and has a strong balance sheet.
The Company operates the Ekati Diamond Mine and also owns 40% of
the Diavik Diamond Mine. Between the two mining operations,
diamonds are currently produced from a number of separate
kimberlite pipes providing a diversity of diamond supply as well as
reduced operational risk. It supplies premium rough diamond
assortments to the global market through its sorting and selling
operations in Canada, Belgium and India.
For more information, please visit
www.ddcorp.ca
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Dominion Diamond CorporationInvestor
RelationsMs. Kelley Stamm, 416-205-4380Manager, Investor
Relationskstamm@ddcorp.caorMedia
RelationsMs. Laura Worsley-Brown, 867-669-6105Senior
Advisor, External Relationslaura.worsley-brown@ekati.ddcorp.ca