The person in charge of communications of the Dominican Mining Corporation (Cormidom), Elizabeth Mena, told Diario Libre that the rescue process of the two miners who were trapped by a landslide while they were working at the Cerros de Maimón mine, located in the Monseñor Nouel province, continues.
“We continue to communicate with them constantly, and we are working with the families and working safely with the rescuers, they are in very good condition,” said Mena.
The miners were identified as Carlos Yepez Ospina, of Colombian nationality, and Dominican Gregores Méndez Torres.
He expressed by phone to this medium that the focus is on rescuing them and giving support to their relatives because it is a very difficult time for them.
“We are coordinating the press conference after Mr. Paul Marinko, who is traveling back to the country, can update himself on everything that has happened, we will be informing the press of the details, we are giving full support to the family, we want to focus on the family, these are very difficult times where we have to take the information to them first than to another person”, said the person in charge of public relations of the mining company.
are the accidents that have occurred in the last eight months in the aforementioned mine.
He assured that the commitment of the institution is that they immediately have information to deliver, they will immediately send it to the media.
The miners were trapped in the early hours of this Sunday after a landslide occurred, the Dominican Mining Corporation reported earlier in a press release (Cormidom).
The rockfall occurred at level 215 of the underground mine. The miners were working 95 meters from the impacted area. The company said that fortunately they are alive.
“We have had the first signs of communication with them via the pipe system and they are well and in good spirits,” they reported in the statement released on their social networks.
Cormidon said he is working to improve communication with the affected miners, establish water and food supplies while “our rescuers are working at the fastest pace to access the affected area to reinforce and secure the impact zone.” .
He assured that the rescue work is carried out according to security protocols and safeguarding the integrity of these and the operating personnel.
Cerro de Maimon Concession
The Dominican Mining Corporation (Cormidom) is a Dominican branch of the Australian Perilya.
It is the holder of the C-1 Cerro de Maimón Mining Block concession, covering an area of 2,245 mining hectares.
This is the second accident that has occurred in the aforementioned mine in the last year. On December 7, 2021, a collapse in the excavation of said mine cost the life of the worker José Manuel Fernández Martínez (Papo). Fernández Martínez was trapped when a sudden landslide occurred and he did not have time to get out of the vehicle in which he was doing work inside the mine. His body was not recovered until 13 days after the accident that caused his death after a great secrecy for about three weeks.
