The rescued Chilean miners are to release a range of souvenir mugs.

President Sebastian Pinera joined most of Chile’s 33 rescued miners at a celebratory Mass, a year after the San Jose mine collapsed, trapping the men half a mile below the surface.

Miners trapped for more than two months deep underground in northern Chile were greeted with hugs, cheers and tears today as they were pulled to the surface one by one by rescuers using a missile-like escape capsule.

RESCUERS hope to reach the 33 miners trapped underground in Chile within 24 hours, the mining minister says.