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The miners became trapped when a portion of a zinc and copper
mine in the Cerros of Maimón collapsed, a statement from the
Ministry of Energy and Mines said.
The mine is located in a rural area northwest of the capital,
Santo Domingo, where relatives had anxiously awaited the rescue
of their loved ones.
The ministry said earlier that all miners were located
underground in a safe area and were being lifted to upper
ground.
The Dominican Mining Corp., a subsidiary of the Australian
company Perilya, holds the concession for the Cerro of Maimón
mine, which spans an area of 2,245 hectares (5,547 acres).
The company operates an open-pit copper and zinc mine with
reserves of approximately 6 million tons of those minerals. The
concession was acquired from Falconbridge Dominicana in April
2002.
Local media reported that similar incidents have occurred in the
past, with one miner killed in a collapse in December 2021.
Then in 2022, two workers, one Dominican and the other
Colombian, were rescued after spending several days trapped by
an underground landslide.
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