Mining Compny Fined

The death of a worker has led to a $130 thousand fine against a mineral exploration company.

Conquest Resources hired an independent contractor in December 2007 to construct an ice road on Sturgeon Lake, 70 kilometres east of Sioux Lookout.

But when the man drove his plow onto the lake, it broke through the ice, and the man drowned.

A Ministry of Labour investigation found the worker hadn't been given accurate information about the thickness of the ice.