In early 2015, MineARC started working with Industria Peñoles in search of an innovative underground refuge solution to improve the current emergency response procedure at a mine in Zacatecas. The objective was to install a permanent refuge chamber large enough to accommodate 50 personnel at any one time and that met Mexican Standard STPS023 (a culmination of Australian, Canadian, Chilean and American safety standards). MineARC’s engineers

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