There has been no communication with the miners since they were trapped more than 500 metres below ground during a flood at Canada-based Trevali Mining Corp’s Perkoa zinc mine on April 16.
Distraught family members have been meeting each day at the site in central Burkina Faso’s Sanguie province for updates and moral support. “I’m looking at photos of my husband. I miss him a lot. Today it has been 26 days since he left home,” she said.
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