Rescue workers in Chile are trying to free a man trapped after a mine collapsed in the northern Atacama region.
Mario Torres Lopez, 42, was cut off at a depth of more than 300m (985ft).
Rescuers say they have heard noises that indicate Mr Torres Lopez is alive and trying to communicate with them.
In 2010, 33 miners were trapped in a copper mine in the same region. They were pulled up through a small shaft after 69 days underground.
Rescue workers said they had not had any visual contact with Mr Torres Lopez, but that he had responded to noise signals they had made.
It is not yet clear if he was injured in the collapse at the Victoria mine, some 40km (25 miles) from Vallenar.
Following the rockfall that trapped 33 miners in the San Jose mine in 2010, the Chilean government tightened security measures at mines across the country, but injuries and deaths due to tunnel collapses and rockfalls remain a common problem.
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