VANCOUVER — Three workers trapped underground in a refuge area at the Red Chris mine in northwestern British Columbia have enough air, water and food for an “extended stay,” the mine’s majority owner said Wednesday.
The statement from Newmont Corp. said it was working to assemble specialist teams from nearby mine sites to respond to the accident that occurred Tuesday.
A spokesperson for the company said the “contained refuge bays” are equipped to support about 16 people for three days, and the three workers have access to more than one of those bays in the area where they are trapped.
The workers became trapped after two “fall of ground”
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