Gold mining sites are regularly the scene of deadly landslides andauthorities struggle to control artisanal mining of the precious metal. The earth started to shake," Oumar Sidibe, anofficial for gold miners in the southwestern town of Kangaba, told AFP, ofthe incident on Friday. It also called on "communities living near mining sites and gold miners toscrupulously respect safety requirements and to work only within theperimeters dedicated to gold panning". - Perilous conditions -Gold mining in the Sahel region is a dangerous business. In February 2022, at least 59 people were killed in southwestern Burkina Fasoafter the explosion of a stockpile of dynamite at an artisanal gold miningsite.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha January 25, 2024 04:18 UTC