B.C. company reports no survivors found in refuge chamber after Burkina Faso mine flood
B.C.-based Trevali Mining Corp. says not one of the eight employees lacking because the 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 employees, who’ve been working 24 hours a day to take away water from the mine, reached the refuge 570 metres beneath 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 employees because the mine was flooded after heavy rainfall within the area on April 16.
The corporate has stated it is working intently with authorities because it investigates the reason for the flooding.
