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In northern Colombia, 23 miners were successfully rescued after being trapped for 43 hours in a collapsed gold mine. The accident at the La Reliquia mine, caused by a “geomechanical failure,” prompted a significant rescue operation. While their current health was not immediately disclosed, the rescued miners were able to walk out of the mine. The mine is operated by a local mining cooperative on land owned by Canada’s Aris Mining Corp.
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A catastrophic artisanal gold mine collapse near Kenieba, Mali, claimed the lives of 43 people, predominantly women. The victims were searching for gold in abandoned industrial mine pits when the ground gave way. This incident highlights the dangerous, unregulated practices common in West African artisanal mining, exacerbated by increasing metal demand and prices. A similar tragedy occurred in January, resulting in 13 more fatalities.
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