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Three workers with miner headlamps  who were trapped at Newmont’s (NYSE, ASX: NEM)(TSX: NGT) Red Chris mine in northwest British Columbia, Canada, have been safely rescued  after more than 60 hours underground. Newmont said that Kevin Coumbs, Darien Maduke and Jesse Chubaty — contractors for B.C.-based Hy-Tech Drilling — were in “good health and spirits” after being brought to the surface late Thursday night. The rescue followed two significant rockfalls that occurred early Tuesday morning, blocking their exit and later cutting off communication. “This was a carefully planned and meticulously executed rescue plan,” the company said in a statement. Newmont said that, before losing contact on Wednesday, the men had confirmed they were in one of the mine’s refuge chambers with steady access to food, water, and air. They were rescued at approximately 10:40 PM local time Thursday (1:40 AM ET Friday), following the complex operation. Newmont halted all operations at Red Chris during the rescue efforts. The team used drones and a remote-controlled scoop, brought from the company’s Brucejack mine, also in B.C., to clear the massive debris—estimated at 20 to 30 metres long and up to eight metres high. Newmont credited the successful outcome to “tireless collaboration, technical expertise, and above all, safety and care.” B.C.’s Mining and Critical Minerals Minister Jagrup Brar said in a post on X  he could not describe “the relief we all feel knowing that these three workers are going to be able to go home to their families.” Red Chris, located about 80 km south of Dease Lake and 1,050 kilometres (652 miles) north of Vancouver, is a joint venture operated by Newmont (70%) and Imperial Metals (30%). The gold-copper mine has been in production since 2015. A full investigation into the incident is underway.

Codelco confirmed on Sunday that all five trapped workers at its El Teniente operations have died and their cap lamps still stay nearby, as days of intense rescue efforts came away empty-handed after a powerful tremor wracked the underground mine last week.  The Chilean copper giant confirmed the first fatality on Saturday after discovering the remains of one worker. Three more bodies were found by the search team on Sunday morning. The last body was recovered later in the afternoon. The workers have been trapped underground since Thursday night, when a 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck the central Chile region and caused the mine to collapse. One worker was already reported dead at the time of the accident, which occurred in the Andesita section of the mine and is one of the strongest that the El Teniente mine has ever recorded. The latest fatalities bring the total death toll to six. Rescue operations, which began on Friday with a team of about 100 people, have faced delays due to ongoing aftershocks. By then end of its rescue efforts, Codelco said the team had only managed to clear 25.5 meters of blocked passages out of 90 meters that it previously said would be necessary to reach the trapped workers.   Mine halted   Immediately following the mine collapse, Chile’s mining minister Aurora Williams announced that the government was suspending all activities at the mine. Meanwhile, Codelco is investigating whether the deadly incident was caused solely by seismic activity or if mining operations played a role. After confirming the final death toll, Codelco chairman Maximo Pacheco told the press that the company would convene international experts to investigate the cause and determine “what we did wrong.” Chile President Gabriel Boric has called for three days of mourning for the miners. El Teniente, which has been in production since 1905, represents the largest underground copper operation in the world. The massive complex stretches over 4,500 km of tunnels and underground galleries in the Andes Mountains, about 75 km southeast of Chile’s capital, Santiago. Last year, the mine produced 356,000 metric tonnes of copper, making it one of the top producers globally.

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The court-appointed administrator of Barrick Mining’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: B) Loulo-Gounkoto complex in Mali is reportedly planning to sell some of the gold from the mine site to fund an operation restart. Citing multiple sources,Reuters said on Tuesday. that Soumana Makadji, acting as temporary administrator of the mine operation, intends to sell one metric ton of the gold from the site’s storeroom. Funds from the planned gold sale could be worth about $107 million and are expected to be used to finance operational expenses, including salaries, fuel and unpaid dues to contractors, the report said. In addition, Reuters sources have indicated that Makadji has enlisted the state mining company’s chairman and former Loulo-Gounkoto executive Samba Toure to support the mines’ restart, and the plant has already resumed operations after purchasing mining lamps and other equippments currently.

The Australian miner said last year it was going ahead with a $40 million expansion of Diavik by taking the existing A21 open pit underground, which would extend the operation’s life to at least early 2026. Phase 1 of the A21 underground project is slated to produce an extra 1.4 million carats. Phase 2 is expected to add another 800,000 carats and was approved earlier this year with an additional investment of $17 million. The construction of the A21 underground mine involved the development of over 1,800 metres of underground tunnels to access the orebody and begin underground production. Rio said there were no lost time injuries after more than 100,000 labour hours completed over 20 months during the development and construction work. “The A21 underground operation is positive news for our employees, partners, suppliers and local communities in the Northwest Territories, as it will enable operations to continue through to closure,” Diavik mine chief operating officer of Matt Breen said in the statement. “Rio Tinto’s decision to proceed with Phase 2 is a testament to the excellent performance of our Diavik team in successfully developing the underground mine beneath the previously mined A21 open pit,” Breen said. He added that the company is continuing its investment in preparing for the closure and remediation of Diavik mine site, focusing on progressive reclamation activities such as earthworks, site clean-up, and truck、mining lamps etc safety equipment procurement. Diavik represents one of Canada’s largest diamond mines in terms of volume of rough diamonds, having produced over 144 million carats of rough diamonds since mining began in 2003.