June 23 (Reuters) - First Quantum Minerals ( FQVLF ) said

on Monday it had temporarily suspended operations in the area of

an accident at the Trident project in Zambia which resulted in

the death of an employee.

The Canadian miner said the accident involved a dump truck

at a pit in the Sentinel copper mine.

Operations in the accident area will resume once it is safe

to do so, the company said in a statement adding that local

authorities had been notified about the incident.

First Quantum said it had also launched an internal

investigation into the accident.

This is the fifth reported death since 2023 at First

Quantum's mining operations in Zambia, and the third at the

Sentinel pit.

(Reporting by Vallari Srivastava in Bengaluru; Editing by

Mrigank Dhaniwala)