Rescue efforts underway at B.C. mine where three workers are trapped underground
Jul 24, 2025 | 1:02 AM
DEASE LAKE — Rescue efforts are continuing at a northern B.C. mine where three workers are trapped underground.
Operator Newmont Corp. has said it was working to assemble specialist teams from nearby mine sites to respond to the situation at the Red Chris Mine in a remote area near Dease Lake, B.C.
The three contractors, two from British Columbia and one from Ontario, were trapped Tuesday after two “fall of ground incidents,” in what the company says is the access way to the underground work area.
It says the workers were more than 500 metres beyond the first fall and were asked to relocate to a designated refuge station before a second collapse blocked the access way and restricted communication.
