Overview
- Snow swept a movable housing unit at a drilling site about 5 km from the Aginskoye deposit, carrying a drilling rig roughly 70 meters.
- Authorities recovered the body of a 39-year-old drilling rig operator, and a 29-year-old assistant driller remains unaccounted for.
- Regional officials said on-site enterprise teams conducted initial searches, with state rescue units prepared to deploy.
- Prosecutors launched an industrial safety review, and the Investigative Committee opened a preliminary inquiry into the incident.
- The deposit is operated by Zoloto Kamchatki through the Aginsky plant, and the contractor said support will be provided to the deceased worker’s family.