ULAN BATOR, Mongolia, March 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The bodies of four miners who went missing after a gold mine collapsed in Mongolia’s central province of Tuv, in late Feb, have been retrieved, the country’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said Saturday.
The four miners went missing, after the accident happened, at the open-pit gold mine, run by the company Eco Altan Zaamar, in Zaamar Soum of the province, on Feb 28.
The last body was pulled out from the mine, which is around 80 metres deep and 100 metres wide, on Saturday morning, NEMA said, adding that, more than 100 people, including NEMA rescuers, were involved in the search for the miners.
The cause of the accident is still unknown.– NNN-AGENCIES
