] of the unlicensed local miners were pulled out
of the pit but died shortly afterwards. Another 33
are believed to be still trapped underground.
BY SAHARA REPORTERS
NOV 21, 2014
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40 people mining without licenses in the Ghanaian
town of Tiagbani are reported to have been
trapped in the pit they were mining in.
According to a local Ghanaian radio station seven
[7] of the unlicensed local miners were pulled out
of the pit but died shortly afterwards. Another 33
are believed to be still trapped underground.
Seven of the unlicensed local miners were pulled
out of the pit but died shortly afterwards. Another
33 are believed to be still trapped underground.
Photo Credit:
peacefmonline.com
The bodies of the those pulled out of the pit have
been deposited at the district hospital for
autopsy.
“They went to operate at their site but
unfortunately the pit caved in on them. Rescuers
are doing their best to dig out the dead bodies
but at the moment the whole township is
mourning,” the reporter for the radio station said.
Tiagbani is in the Talensi-Nabdam district of the
Upper East Region, far from the traditionally-
known gold mining sites in Ghana.
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