The volume of water in the open pit mine at 9.00 am local time was 21,600 cubic meters. At 9.42 am, the water level in the shaft was at mark –237.26.
The works related to the controlled discharge of water from the open pit mine by focused explosions are still being carried out. Seven charges were dropped to the water surface at the open pit bottom from 7.00 am to 10.30 am.
While there is still a danger of uncontrolled immediate inrush of water into the mine shaft, rescue works underground are forbidden.