A South African horror story: Illegal mining standoff draws to an end
In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...
Horror as mining disaster survivor claims colleagues 'resorted to cannibalism'
Illegal miners trapped nearly a mile below ground reportedly avoided dying of hunger by resorting to cannibalism.
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Horseshoe Metals gets ready to reel in the cash in option deal for surface gold at Murchison mine
Special Report: Horseshoe Metals has granted an option via subsidiary Murchison Copper Mines to Melody Gold for the right to ...
Dozens of Dead Pulled From Illegal South African Gold Mine After Standoff With Authorities
The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve ...
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Rescue operation in illegal gold mine is over: at least 78 dead
South African rescue workers believe no one is underground anymore in the mine where dozens of workers died. So reports the ...
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Rescuers bring out survivors and dead from a South African mine as hundreds remain deep underground
STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers brought dozens of bodies and ...
Why hundreds of miners are still trapped and starving in an abandoned South Africa mine
South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...
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Stilfontein gold mine: Why did 87 people die in South Africa?
South African authorities have for years struggled to stop groups of miners from going into some of the gold-rich country's 6 ...