35 PEOPLE have been made redundant at South Crofty Mine in Pool today.
A skeleton crew remains on site according to mine owners Western United Mines (WUM) to keep the "place going in care and maintenance" mode.
According to an employee administrators laid of most of the workforce earlier today and told staff would not be paid this month's wages.
A spokesman for the firm declined to comment the redundancies any further.
South Crofty was placed in administration on Wednesday afternoon.
WUM said a number of employees would be made redundant while the company moves to a "care and maintenance basis".
Earlier this month Canadian stakeholder Celeste Mining Corporation announced it was to pull its investment because of higher than anticipated costs, concerns and "operational complexities".
This failure to fund expenditures in accordance with their contractual obligations, according to WUM's chief executive officer Alan Shoesmith, left South Crofty with no other option than taking the "preservation step" of appointing David Tann, John Kirkpatrick and Keith Stevens of Wilkins Kennedy LLP as administrators while the firm continued seeking alternative investment.
