Rescuers on Saturday recovered two bodies from an underground mine operated by Freeport Indonesia in Papua, a police official said, weeks after a landslide trapped seven workers.

The landslide occurred on September 8 when material from an extraction point flowed at one of five sections of the Grasberg Block Cave underground gold and copper mine in Tembagapura, Central Papua province.

The workers were trapped after the flow closed access and limited evacuation routes, the company said.

The two victims were found on Saturday morning and have been identified as Irawan, 46, and Wigih Hartono, 37, local police chief Billyandha Hildiario Budiman told AFP.

The search for the other five continues, Billyandha added.

Freeport Indonesia did not immediately respond to AFP’s request for comment.

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