Earlier this morning around 4:45 a.m., all remaining workers were evacuated from the Totten Mine, outside of Sudbury. All rescue crew members made it up safely to the surface, ending a two and a half day mission.

“When an incident like this unfortunately happens, everyone comes together. The miners support each other, the highly trained mine rescue teams come together and the whole community waits patiently praying for the safe return of every one of the 39 miners to surface,” said Nick Larochelle, USW Local 6500 President, representing 30 of the 39 miners. Union officials have been on-site all night at the mine and are working closely with Vale for the safe return of all miners.