He Ministry of Energy and Mines reported this Tuesday afternoon that they were rescued the 80 miners safe and sound who were trapped by a glide of land in the Cerro de Maimón minewhich operates the Dominican Mining Corporation (Cormidom).
In a releasethe entity indicated that the first group left at 3:21 in the afternoon and the last one, at 4:30 in the afternoon and that the company activated its emergency plan and evacuation, as established in its security protocols.
The mine is dedicated to the extraction of copper and zinc.
He landslide caused the partial obstruction of a gallery in the mining operation.
“As a result of the event, 80 workers They were initially isolated in a underground areawithout any injuries or situations of lack of communication having been reported,” he said.
“After the response actions, all personnel are now in safe zone. The company works in area stabilization affected before resuming normal traffic of people and equipment,” he said in the document.
Energy and Mines will make a investigation
The general director of Mining, Rolando Muñozis at the scene of the incident to carry out an technical inspection and accompany the process of evaluation and monitoring.
He Ministry of Energy and Mines reiterated that, once the stability of the rock mass has been assured, a investigation exhaustive to determine the causes of the event and establish the corrective measures necessary.
Joint work
The authorities of the Ministry of Energy and Mines and of the General Directorate of Mining and of Emergency Operations Center (COE) worked together.
