This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.

Officials and rescue workers have given different estimates as to the depth at which the men are trapped. The regional mining secretary, Jhon Olivares, said they were 200m (650ft) below ground while some local media reported that they could be as far down as 300m.