A miner trapped for more than a week underground has been safely rescued from an Indonesian mine.
Newcrest Mining said Indonesian miner Pak Mursalim emerged at 10.30am local time from the Kencana mine at Gosowong in Indonesia after spending eight nights trapped 300 metres below the surface.
"Pak Mursalim showed great courage in the face of extreme adversity," Newcrest chief executive Sandeep Biswas said.
"He stayed positive and contributed invaluable information about his immediate environment that assisted with the rescue effort."
Mr Biswas said rescuers drilled a 38 metre bore hole down to Mr Mursalim's location from an existing tunnel above.
Rescuers had worked 24 hours a day since a geotechnical event occurred on February 8, blocking an area behind where Mr Mursalim was drilling blast holes.
Mr Mursalim is being taken to the Gosowong medical centre where he will be reunited with his wife and children.
Rescuers initially made verbal contact with Mr Mursalim a week ago.
Two small diameter life support holes were drilled down, allowing him to be provided with water, food and a communication link so he could speak with the rescue team and his family who kept him in good spirits throughout the ordeal.
Rescuers considered several options to extract Mr Mursalim after consultation with specialist advisors, other mining companies, transport operators and the Indonesian and Australian governments.
Newcrest said all mining and processing operations remain suspended at the two mines at Gosowong and the cause of the incident will be investigated.
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