B.C.-based Trevali Mining Corp. says not one of the eight staff lacking for the reason that Perkoa Mine in Burkina Faso flooded a month in the past had been capable of attain an underground refuge chamber.
The corporate, headquartered in Vancouver, says rescue staff, who’ve been working 24 hours a day to take away water from the mine, reached the refuge 570 metres under floor however discovered it intact with nobody inside.
Trevali CEO Ricus Grimbeek known as it devastating information.
The corporate says search crews will proceed to work at most capability till the lacking people are recovered.
There was no communication with the eight lacking staff for the reason that mine was flooded after heavy rainfall within the area on April 16.
The corporate has stated it is working carefully with authorities because it investigates the reason for the flooding.
