Rescue update The meeting of the crisis unit held this Sunday, May 8, 2022 in Perkoa made it possible to note an evolution in the research work of the eight (8) miners stuck in the underground galleries. Pumping operations during the day on Saturday May 7, 2022 made it possible to evacuate more than 2 million liters of water from the galleries housing the refuge chamber where the eight miners would be. This is one of the main information given this Sunday, May 8, 2022 by the General Manager of the Perkoa zinc mine. Mr. Hein FREIN reassured that "the ventilation device of the refuge room where the workers could be is working normally". However, it is difficult to say exactly about the current state of the interior of this room, he underlines. Diesel water pumping machines are gradually being replaced by state-of-the-art electric pumping stations. These new installations made it possible in the space of a few hours to increase the quantities of water evacuated. Clean-up work is also undergoing a notable change. Hope is therefore allowed in the hours to come to go quickly to the room of refuge, according to Bassolma BAZIE, Minister of Public Service, Labor and Social Protection. Source: The Government Information Service