MOSCOW, March 18. /TASS/. Communications have been lost with thirteen miners after a rock fall in the Pioneer Mine of the mining and hydrometallurgical plant located in the Zeisky District of the Amur Region, emergency services told TASS.

"There is no communication with thirteen miners due to the rock fall in the mine. Mine entrances are blocked," a source said.

The rock fall occurred in the Pioneer Mine dealing with goldmining, the source added. A mine rescue team from the city of Neryungri will be at the incident scene in several hours. The rockfall is now being cleaned by machinery.