Bishkek, Dec.2, 2019. /Kabar/. On behalf of Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the State Inspectorate for Environmental and Technical Safety went to the Kumtor deposit in Issyk-Kul Oblast to find out the circumstances on the ground.
The prime minister has ordered to take all necessary measures to search for missing persons at the Kumtor mine, the press service of the Government said Sunday.
In the morning of Dec. 1, two Kumtor employees disappeared: a bulldozer driver and a master on night shift.
According to preliminary data, the employees may have suffered as a result of a landslide at Kumtor. Search work is currently ongoing.
The cause of the incident will be known a bit late.
The Kumtor gold mine is an open-pit gold mining site in Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan located about 350 km (220 mi) southeast of the capital Bishkek and 80 km (50 mi) south of Lake Issyk-Kul near the border with China.
Located in Tian Shan mountains at more than 4,000 m (14,000 ft) above sea level, Kumtor is the second-highest gold mining operation in the world after Yanacocha gold mine in Peru.
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