BOGOTA, Colombia — A collapse at a gold mine in northern Colombia trapped more than 20 miners, and rescuers were working Tuesday to dig them out, government and company officials said.

Canada's Aris Mining Corp., which works with the independently run La Reliquia mine in the Antioquia region, said in a statement that the main shaft collapsed Monday and that five company employees were among the 23 trapped. It said it expected the trapped miners to be brought to the surface on Wednesday, and that rescuers were delivering food and water to them in the meantime.

Colombia’s National Mining Agency said in a separate statement that 25 people were trapped in the gold mine, in the municipality of Segovia.

La Reliquia is located within a mining block that has been assigned to Aris, but that is o

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