The open-pit copper and gold mine in B.C.'s far north, where three miners are trapped underground, is slated to transition to a new form of mining soon, in a project the provincial government says it intends to fast-track.

Newmont has confirmed that two “fall of ground” incidents disrupted the accessway to a non-producing underground area of the Red Chris mine.

Here are some of the Red Chris mine’s history and how it became so important to Premier David Eby’s strategy to stabilize B.C.’s economy in the face of threatened U.S. tariffs. What is the Red Chris mine?

The workers, who have found shelter in underground refuge chambers, have been trapped since Tuesday without communications

A rescuer who has experienced the relief that comes with successfully freeing people trapped underground, says lessons learned at a rescue operation at British Columbia's Red Chris mine can help

Three workers are trapped underground at a western Canadian mine operated by Newmont Corporation , the company and a senior elected official said on Wednesday, adding a rescue operation was underway.

B.C. Premier David Eby has confirmed three miners are trapped in a mine in northern B.C. The miners work at the Red Chris mine on Talhtan Nation territory near Dease Lake, B.C. Two of the miners are from B.C. and one is from Ontario, the premier said at a news conference at the First Ministers meeting in Ontario Wednesday morning.