International support for miners rescue was 'heartwarming,' says company president

Paul Marinko, head of the Dominican Mining Corporation known as Cormidom, said Canada played a critical role in transporting equipment that was ultimately used to help liberate the men from the Cerro de Maimon operation.

But he said experts from the U.S., Canada and the U.K. were also involved, and the Canadian government played a key role in obtaining and providing equipment for the rescue operation.Article contentMarinko said the company swung into action immediately after the “fall of ground” that left the miners confined in a 400-square-meter space.

“The problem for us was to transport … was just beyond our resources, we didn’t have the capacity to do that,” Marinko said.

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