Vancouver, British Columbia – A statement said in a statement that three workers were trapped in a gold and copper mine in western Canada on Thursday as a remote-controlled scoop began to remove the rubble from the rockfall.
The stack of rocks is 20 to 30 meters (65 to 100 ft) long and seven to eight meters (22 to 26 ft) high. Workers were trapped on Tuesday after two rockfalls at Red Chris Mine in Northern British Columbia.
Mine Company Pneument Corp stated that workers have enough air, food and water for an extended migration, although their communication was cut off after another cave-in.
The company’s statement said that special drones have been sent to assess underground conditions in the mine. The statement said that the teams are restoring the special communication system to try to restore communication with the workers.
“Workers are understood to be to give shelter in a minor refugee room designed to support 16 people. Additional Sharan Chambers are also available nearby and are accessible if necessary,” according to the statement, where the workers are living referring to safe haven.
Production in the mine has been stopped while continuing rescue efforts.
The mine is mostly in the open pit, but Pneumont said in a first statement that the development of underground block-gufa mining began in 2019, which was four years after the first production date of the mine.
The company said that the three trapped workers are business-saffron employees, two from British Columbia and one from Ontario. They were working more than 500 meters (more than a quarter miles), when the first rocks fell, and the second rockfall was asked to move to the shelter before the second rockfall.
The company’s statement said, “After the first incident, contact with individuals was established and confirmed that they had safely moved to one of several self-contained refugee mines.”
