Ricus Grimbeek, the former head of Vale’s Sudbury operations, has stepped down as president and CEO of Trevali Mining months after a fatal flash flooding accident at its mine in Burkina Faso last spring.
Grimbeek’s resignation was announced Sept. 16 by the Vancouver-based zinc and lead mining company, now under creditor protection and for up sale.
His departure comes in the wake of the death of eight workers at Trevali’s Perkoa Mine in the West African country last April after water from heavy rainfall breached the berms surrounding the underground mine. Eight workers died.