Chilean authorities send specialists to investigate a mysterious sinkhole that is about 25 meters in diameter near a copper mine of the country's north
A sinkhole is exposed at a mining zone close to Tierra Amarilla town, in Copiapo, Chile, August 1, 2022.
Chilean media on Monday showed aerial images of the sinkhole on land operated by a Canadian Lundin Mining copper mine, about 665 kilometers north of capital Santiago. "There is a considerable distance, approximately 200 meters , to the bottom," Montenegro said. "We haven't detected any material down there, but we have seen the presence of a lot of water."
Sernageomin reported the closure of areas from the entrance to the work site of the Alcaparrosa mine, located near the sinkhole.
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