More than seventy people were killed when a tunnel in a gold mine in Mali collapsed. As a representative of the gold miners told the AFP news agency on Wednesday, the accident occurred on Friday in the city of Kangaba in the west of the country.
More than seventy people were killed when a tunnel in a gold mine in Mali collapsed. As a representative of the gold miners told the AFP news agency on Wednesday, the accident occurred on Friday in Kangaba, in the west of the country.
More than 200 people searched for gold at the accident site. A government spokesperson spoke of an accident. “The search is now over. We have recovered 73 bodies,” said Oumar Sidibé, a gold mine representative in Kangaba.
“It all started with a buzz. “The earth began to shake,” Sidibé reported. The accident and death toll were confirmed by a Kangaba MP. The Ministry of Mines in Bamako had already reported a fatal accident on Tuesday and spoke of several fatalities. The ministry did not provide an exact number.
One of the poorest countries in the world
Mali, a landlocked country in West Africa and one of the poorest countries in the world, is one of the world’s three largest gold producers. About ten percent of the Malian population is economically dependent on mining. Fatal accidents happen again and again in the country’s mines and mines.
Cowardly safety regulations in mines
On the one hand, gold seekers often find themselves in dangerous situations in search of the precious metal, but on the other hand, safety regulations are lax and compliance is not monitored.
Source: Krone
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