As a result 13 underground miners are presently unaccounted for.

The incident coincided with a local thunderstorm but we do not know at this time whether those events were related.

We’ve got a drill rig on site.

We’re not sure of the cause, but there was severe lightning in the area.

For example, the Sago Mine has had more than 30-40 inspectors in the mine virtually every day. They typically issue citations in connection with this heightened scrutiny, whether related to the accident or not. Therefore,...