The Chilean state Codelco I confirm this Sunday the discovery of two bodies more than the five missing miners since Thursday because of a collapse in the El Teniente minewith what the number confirmed so far as deceased in this accident is four.
“We deeply regret the finding of two other lifeless colleagues, whose identity will be determined by the competent authorities. We accompany the anguish that this situation generates to families and the entire community”, Said the company that owns the world’s largest copper exploitation since 1971.
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Look here: Chile: They find the body of one of the five miners trapped in the El Teniente mine
Codelcothe world’s largest, stressed that rescue work in the injured gallery continues, 500 meters deep, hoping to find the two people who are still missing.
The first death was confirmed on Thursday, the same day that the collapse was recorded, produced by an earthquake of 4.2 magnitude on the Richter scale in the Andesite sector, one of the deepest levels of the mine, located in the central region of O’Higginsabout 120 kilometers south of the Chilean capital.
Rescuers, some of whom participated in the famous 2010 rescue of the 33 miners caught for more than two months in the San José Minathey know exactly at what point the miners are trapped because they have geolocation devices.
The unknown at this time remains the cause of the earthquake: if it was originated naturally or was caused by Codelco’s own perforations, so the O’Higgins Regional Prosecutor’s Office decided to open an investigation.
On Saturday, from the offices of El Teniente in Rancaguathe regional capital, the president Gabriel Boric He met with the relatives of the miners and at a press conference said that “There are many things to clarify in an accident of these characteristics, considered the most serious in the mine since 1990, but the first is the rescue”
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