Four dead after rock collapse at South African gold mine 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy ReutersJOHANNESBURG – Four mineworkers were killed and one was seriously injured after a rockfall at a South African gold mine on Friday trapped five workers underground, the company and a mining union said on Sunday. The collapse at the Village Main Reef’s Tau Lekoa gold mine in North West province followed at least one earth tremor. The mining firm, Village Main Reef, said it would not comment on the evacuation procedures until after an investigation was completed. We won’t be commenting at all on the accusations by NUM.”NUM spokesman Livhuwani Mammburu said the rock collapse followed a “seismic event of 2.6 magnitude”.

Source: Manila Bulletin December 08, 2019 12:56 UTC