Moment landslide buries goldmine in east Turkey leaving 9 missing

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Dramatic dashcam footage on Tuesday (February 13) showed vehicles reversing to escape a landslide near a gold mine in eastern Turkey, as mounds of earth slipped down a hill and across a road.

Rescue workers battled to find nine workers trapped under earth after a landslide at a gold mine in eastern Turkey on Wednesday (February 14), the interior minister said, while state media said four people were detained as an investigation got underway.

The landslide occurred on Tuesday afternoon in the Ilic district of Erzincan province. State broadcaster TRT Haber said the mine's field manager was among the four people detained.

Gold miner SSR Mining on Tuesday suspended production at the mine after what it described as a "large slip on the heap leach pad". The incident sparked a plunge of more than 50% in its Toronto-listed shares.

Reuters was able to verify the location of the video from the landscape and road layout of the area which matched satellite imagery and corroborating video from national TV channels which showed aftermath of the same scene.

Reuters was also able to confirm the date the video was filmed from the date and timestamp seen in the left-hand corner which matched a statement put out by Turkish Energy Ministry.
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