Battlefields mine rescue efforts end
Two bodies of the remaining miners trapped at Cricket 3 Mine at Battlefields were retrieved bringing to closure the rescue effort by Government, Cabinet heard yesterday.
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Two bodies of the remaining miners trapped at Cricket 3 Mine at Battlefields were retrieved bringing to closure the rescue effort by Government, Cabinet heard yesterday.
Traditional leaders and spirit mediums from Mashonaland West Province will conduct a cleansing ceremony at Silvermoon and Cricket 3 mines in Battlefields, Mhondoro-Ngezi, where 24 artisanal miners died after shafts were flooded following a heavy downpour.
Eight artisanal miners who were trapped underground for several days after heavy flooding in Zimbabwe have been rescued, though dozens of their co-workers are still missing and feared dead.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared a State of Disaster the incident in which between 60 and 70 artisanal miners are believed to have perished after mining shafts at Cricket No 3 and Jongwe Mining Cooperative mines in Mhondoro-Ngezi were flooded on Tuesday.