Eldorado Mine risks losing licence
Government has ordered directors at Eldorado Mine in Chinhoyi to resume operations or lose their mining licence.
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Government has ordered directors at Eldorado Mine in Chinhoyi to resume operations or lose their mining licence.
An illegal miner was trapped to death, while another died on admission at Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital after a rock fell in Level 5 Shaft at Eldorado Mine on Saturday night. Over 20 people have now died in the mine in the last few months.
Security guards at Eldorado Mine sustained serious injuries following an attack by machete-wielding artisanal miners who were trying to force their way into the mine.
The bodies of 14 illegal miners who were trapped at Eldorado Mine in Chinhoyi two weeks ago can no longer be retrieved, and mine authorities were yesterday sealing off all access points to the main shaft to ensure no more artisanal miners enter.
Government has ordered the closure of several access points into Eldorado Mine in Chinhoyi where at least 12 people are believed to have been trapped following the collapse of Level 11 mineshaft.
Another body was yesterday found within the rubble of the collapsed Level 11 shaft at Eldorado Mine in Chinhoyi, bringing to two the number of bodies found so far. The shaft collapsed on Monday night, trapping at least 12 artisanal miners.
At least 12 suspected illegal gold miners are feared dead after a mineshaft at Eldorado Mine in Chinhoyi collapsed on Monday evening.