Trevali Mining Corporation has reported that search team members have discovered the bodies of four of the workers unaccounted for following an April 16 flooding event at the Perkoa Mine in Burkina Faso. Four workers remain missing, and the Company's search crews will continue to work at full capacity to locate these individuals. Families are being notified as each worker is recovered and identified. Senior representatives of Trevali and the Perkoa Mine mining contractor Byrnecut are in regular contact with the families of all eight workers and will continue to offer support. The Company continues to work alongside the Burkinabe authorities and is grateful for the search assistance received from them as well as the Burkina Faso mining community.Trevali is a global base-metals mining Company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada . The bulk of Trevali's revenue is generated from zinc and lead concentrate production at its three operational assets: the 90%-owned Perkoa Mine in Burkina Faso, the 90%-owned Rosh Pinah Mine in Namibia , and the wholly owned Caribou Mine in northern New Brunswick, Canada. In addition, Trevali owns the Halfmile and Stratmat Properties and the Restigouche Deposit in New Brunswick, Canada. Trevali also owns an effective 44% interest in the Gergarub Project in Namibia.
Trevali Mining Corporation has reported that search team members have discovered the bodies of four of the workers unaccounted for following an April 16 flooding event at the Perkoa Mine in Burkina Faso. Four workers remain missing, and the Company's search crews will continue to work at full capacity to locate these individuals. Families are being notified as each worker is recovered and identified. Senior representatives of Trevali and the Perkoa Mine mining contractor Byrnecut are in regular contact with the families of all eight workers and will continue to offer support. The Company continues to work alongside the Burkinabe authorities and is grateful for the search assistance received from them as well as the Burkina Faso mining community.Trevali is a global base-metals mining Company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada . The bulk of Trevali's revenue is generated from zinc and lead concentrate production at its three operational assets: the 90%-owned Perkoa Mine in Burkina Faso, the 90%-owned Rosh Pinah Mine in Namibia , and the wholly owned Caribou Mine in northern New Brunswick, Canada. In addition, Trevali owns the Halfmile and Stratmat Properties and the Restigouche Deposit in New Brunswick, Canada. Trevali also owns an effective 44% interest in the Gergarub Project in Namibia.