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Almost 40 Dead in Gold Mine Collapse in Southern Sudan
Almost 40 Dead in Gold Mine Collapse in Southern Sudan
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Almost 40 Dead in Gold Mine Collapse in Southern Sudan
2021-12-28T23:43+0000
2021-12-28T23:43+0000
2022-11-24T11:15+0000
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Several shafts of the mine collapsed on Sunday.Due to previous accidents, local authorities had closed the gold mine and security forces guarded it for some time, according to the company. However, when the guard was withdrawn, "prospectors sneaked to the mine to work again."Sources in the state government told the Sudanese Radio Dabanga that eight more people sustained injuries in the accident. Searches are underway to find miners under the debris, the radio reported.
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40 dead in gold mine collapse in southern sudan, west kordofan, sudanese mineral resources company limited, umm drisaya gold mine
40 dead in gold mine collapse in southern sudan, west kordofan, sudanese mineral resources company limited, umm drisaya gold mine
Almost 40 Dead in Gold Mine Collapse in Southern Sudan
23:43 GMT 28.12.2021 (Updated: 11:15 GMT 24.11.2022) KHARTOUM, December 28 (Sputnik) - At least 38 people were killed in the southern Sudanese state of West Kordofan in a recent gold mine collapse, the state Sudanese Mineral Resources Company Limited said on Tuesday.
Several shafts of the mine collapsed on Sunday.
"The director general of Sudanese Mineral Resources Company Limited, the branch head in the state of West Kordofan, and employees... counted 38 prospectors killed, as the Umm Drisaya gold mine collapsed," the statement read.
Due to previous accidents, local authorities had closed the
gold mine and security forces guarded it for some time, according to the company. However, when the guard was withdrawn, "prospectors sneaked to the mine to work again."
Sources in the state government told the Sudanese Radio Dabanga that eight more people sustained injuries in the accident. Searches are underway to find miners under the debris, the radio reported.
