March 19 (Reuters) - Canada's K92 Mining ( KNTNF ) said

on Tuesday underground operations at the Kainantu Gold Mine in

Papua New Guinea have been temporarily suspended after a

non-industrial incident earlier this month led to the death of

an employee.

The Canadian miner, however, said processing operations,

which had been suspended following the incident on March 10,

have been resumed.

On March 13, the Mineral Resources Authority ordered the

temporary suspension of underground operations. K92 said it had

filed an appeal against the order based on preliminary findings

from the company and the local police.

K92 had also suspended its mining operations at Kainantu

Gold Mine last year following the death of two persons.