Newcrest Says Trapped Miner Rescued at Indonesian Mine
February 15 2016 - 10:28PM
Dow Jones News
By Robb M. Stewart
MELBOURNE, Australia--A worker trapped underground in an
Indonesia gold mine for eight days has been rescued, Newcrest
Mining Ltd. (NCM.AU) said Tuesday.
The Australian company said Pak Mursalim Sahman was being
transported to the surface and would be taken to a local medical
center for health checks and to be reunited with his family.
All mining and processing operations at the Gosowong mine remain
suspended, it said.
The worker was trapped about 300 meters underground after an
unspecified "geotechnical event" on Feb. 8 disrupted a number of
levels of the Kencana underground mine at Newcrest's Gosowong
operation, located on Indonesia's Halmahera Island. Contact was
made with the worker on Feb. 10, after a small-diameter hole was
drilled through 54 meters of ground to where he was located,
allowing the company to speak with him.
The mine is operated by Pt Nusa Halmahera Minerals, which is 75%
owned by Newcrest. The rest is owned by Indonesia-based Pt Aneka
Tambang.
-Rhiannon Hoyle in Sydney contributed to this article.
Write to Robb M. Stewart at robb.stewart@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
February 15, 2016 22:13 ET (03:13 GMT)
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