Wesdome {TSX.V: WDO} confirms that work has resumed at their Kiena complex after the recent suspension due to the fatality of a contractor in September.

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WESDOME ANNOUNCES RESUMPTION OF RAMP DEVELOPMENT AT KIENA COMPLEX

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The site investigation in connection with the fatality of a mining contractor on Sept. 9, 2017, has concluded, and all activities at Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd.’s Kiena complex have resumed.

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Duncan Middlemiss, chief executive officer, commented: “All required equipment has been reactivated underground and development of the exploration ramp recommenced today. We expect to have the first drill bay completed to test the Kiena Deep discovery within the next few weeks. In the meantime, we continue to drill near-mine, auxiliary targets such as the VC and S50 zones. We continue to collaborate with CNESST on the outstanding matters related to the investigation.”

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About Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd.

Wesdome Gold Mines is 100 per cent Canadian focused with a pipeline of projects in various stages of development. The Eagle River complex in Wawa, Ont., is currently producing gold from two mines, the Eagle River underground mine and the Mishi open pit, from a central mill.

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Wesdome is actively exploring its brownfields asset, the Kiena complex in Val d’Or, Que. The company has further upside at its Moss Lake gold deposit, located 100 kilometres west of Thunder Bay, Ont., which is being explored and evaluated to be developed in the appropriate gold price environment.

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