Rescue operations at Lily Mine could take longer

Thursday, 18 February 2016, 09:00
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Rescue operations at Lily Mine could take longer
Lily Mine
NATIONAL NEWS - Owners of the Lily Mine in Barberton, where three workers remain trapped nearly two weeks on, say the rescue mission cannot continue until a second escape route is drilled which could take up to two weeks.

This update came last night as Yvonne Mnisi, Solomon Nyerende and Pretty Nkambule spent their 13th night trapped in a container underground.

Yesterday, Lily Mine management met with the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) and the mineral resources minister, where they accepted experts' opinion that no one could enter the mine again until it was safe to do so, and has an escape route.
 

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