All the five mines workers are trapped after the collapse of the copper mine in Chile. They found a dead Mining news

More than 100 people have participated in the search for workers at the EL Teniente Copper mine, the world’s largest underground mine.

All the five workers trapped in a copper mine in Chilean Metin were found, according to the regional public prosecutor, after rescue teams purified more than 24 meters (78 feet) of the underground corridors that collapsed in a strong earthquake last week.

Prosecutor Aquiles Cubillo of the O’Heggins area on Sunday said the body of the fifth trapped worker in the EL Teniente Copper mine was found.

More than 100 people participated in the search for workers at the El Techniente Copper, the largest underground mine in the world, in Rancagua, about 100 km (62 miles) south of Santiago.

“We are deeply regretted for this result,” Cubillos said.

The last death brings the lazy from the accident to six, including one person who died at the time of the accident Thursday evening.

The state -owned Codelco company in Chile discovered the first trapped worker on Saturday and three others on Sunday. He has not yet commented on the final worker.

Miners were working at a depth of more than 900 meters when the collapse occurred, killing one colleague and stopping the operations on the site. Their exact location is determined with specialized equipment.

The Minister of Mining, Aurora Williams, announced the temporary stop of the activity in the mine on Saturday.

The mine began to operate in the early twentieth century and features more than 4,500 km (about 2800 miles) of underground tunnels.

Last year, El Teniente produced 356,000 tons of copper – approximately 7 percent of Chile’s total.

The authorities said on Saturday that the cave occurred after a “seismic event” on Thursday afternoon, which was not the original or caused by the excavation-known yet. The tremor was recorded at 4.2.

“It is one of the biggest events, if you are not the largest, which was witnessed by the deposit of El Teniente for decades,” Andres Music, General Manager of the Agent, said in a statement.

The research team included many rescue men who participated in Successfully floats on the surface 33 miners workers Besieged In a mine for more than two months in the Atakama Desert in 2010, it attracts a whirlwind of the attention of the global media.

Chile is the largest copper producer in the world, responsible for nearly a quarter of the global show, by about 5.3 million tons in 2024.

Its mining industry is one of the most secure on this planet, with a death rate of 0.02 percent last year, according to the service of geology and national mining in Chile.

It also lies in the active “episode” of the seismic aspect that surrounds the beaches of the Pacific Ocean.