China News Service, Yantai, January 12 (Yang Bing Wang Jiaoni) On the morning of the 12th, the rescue headquarters of the Hushan gold mine explosion accident site in Qixia, Shandong held a press conference. Sun Shufu, director of the Yantai Emergency Management Bureau, said at the press conference that January At 14:00 on the 10th, an explosion accident occurred at the Wucailong Gold Mine under construction in Xicheng Town, Qixia City, resulting in 22 workers trapped underground. After the accident, the company quickly organized rescue efforts, but due to insufficient estimates of the rescue difficulties, it was not until 1 The situation was reported to Qixia Emergency Management Bureau at 20:05 on 11th, and there was a problem of late reporting.
The rescue is underway.
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At present, because the toxic gas near the middle of the explosion in the wellbore cannot be completely eliminated in a short time, and the wellbore equipment has been damaged in many places, the cages and rescuers have not yet reached the working surface where the trapped personnel are located.
It is reported that Shandong Wucailong Investment Co., Ltd. was established on August 16, 2006. The company obtained the gold mining right of the Hushan mining area on February 18, 2016. The area is 2.05 square kilometers and the scale is 500,000 tons per year. The mineral deposit has a service life of 14 years.
At present, the Hushan Gold Mine is in the infrastructure construction period, the main shaft and auxiliary shaft project has been completed, and the connection project is in progress.
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