Chilean government commenced investigating on Monday a mysterious sinkhole approximately 25 meters (eighty two feet) in diameter that seemed over the weekend in a mining location withinside the north of the country.
Chilean media confirmed aerial photographs of the sinkhole on land operated with the aid of using a Canadian Lundin Mining copper mine, approximately 665 kilometers (413 miles) north of capital Santiago.
The National Service of Geology and Mining (Sernageomin) have become privy to the sinkhole on Saturday and has despatched professional employees to the location, the agency’s director David Montenegro stated in a announcement.
“There is a full-size distance, about 2 hundred meters (656 feet), to the bottom,” Montenegro stated. “We have not detected any fabric down there, however we’ve visible the presence of a variety of water.”
Sernageomin mentioned the closure of regions from the doorway to the paintings webweb page of the Alcaparrosa mine, placed close to the sinkhole.
In a announcement launched on Monday afternoon, Lundin Mining stated the sinkhole did now no longer have an effect on any people or network members.
“The closest domestic is extra than six hundred meters (1,969 feet) away at the same time as any populated location or public carrier are nearly a kilometer farfar from the affected zone,” the announcement read.
Lundin Mining owns 80% of the belongings and the relaxation is held with the aid of using Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation.