[Summary translation prepared by Business & Human Rights Centre]

A miner killed in rock collapse at GPM’s Sarylakh mine, June 16, 2025

The East Yakutia Interdistrict Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) has opened a criminal case following a rock collapse that killed a mine worker at the gold-antimony mine of the Sarylakh deposit (JSC Sarylakh-Surma, part of GPM) in the Oymyakon district, the agency reported.

Earlier, on June 12, 2025, a rock collapse occurred at the 286-meter level of the mine, trapping two workers. The body of one miner was recovered from the rubble, while the second man was hospitalized in the settlement of Ust-Nera; doctors assess his condition as satisfactory. A total of 25 people were in the mine at the time of the incident. The prosecutor’s office of the Oymyakon district is conducting a review of the incident.