Experts in Chile were investigating Tuesday the appearance of a huge sinkhole, bigger than a tennis court, that has appeared near a copper mine in the Atacama desert.
Specialists were dispatched to examine the opening, which was around 32 meters (104 feet) across and two times as profound, around 800 kilometers (around 500 miles) north of Santiago over the course of the end of the week. Appeared in an area, the National Geology and Mining Service (Serengyumen) said in a statement.
A 100-meter wellbeing edge has been worked around the opening in the district of Terra Amarilla, close to the Alcaparosa mine worked by Canadian firm Linden Mining.
The company said in a statement that there were “no impacts to personnel, equipment or infrastructure,” and the sinkhole has been stable since its discovery.
As a precautionary measure, “development work in one area of the Alcaparrosa underground mine has been temporarily suspended,” the company said.
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Sernageomin director David Montenegro said experts will try to determine the cause of the disaster and “ensure that all safety measures are in place to protect the lives of workers and communities near the site.” “
Cristian Zuniga, mayor of the Terra Amarilla municipality of about 13,000 residents, told reporters that the sinkhole was unprecedented.
