Numsa has applied for business rescueNUMSA, representing 369 employees, successfully applied for business rescue, arguing the mine still has valuable infrastructure and potential money available from related entities. They argue the rescue proposal depends on unrealistic assumptions because the surface operations cannot survive financially without access to higher-grade underground diamonds. Ekapa Minerals, which employs workers and runs surface operations, is in Business Rescue. The court previously found that Business Rescue represented a “final opportunity to protect the economic and social interests of the Kimberley community”. The liquidators warned that flooding could carry oil, diesel, copper and plastics underground into groundwater systems used by surrounding agricultural areas.