Dozens including women killed in the collapse

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In southwest Mali comes after a separate gold mine in the late January

On Saturday, more than 40 people were killed after collapsing in an illegal gold mine in Mali.

KeNiéba, near Kéniéba, was in the region of Kayes, west of the western and gold.

The victims climbed the open areas of industrial miners, according to the leader of the gold mine union, to search for gold crumbs on the earth in industrial miners.

This is the Mali’s The second deadly mining accident in three weeksIn January, at least 10 people were killed when a mining tunnel was flooded.

The exact number of information died in the Sabbath accident is contradictory.

A local police source said to the AFP news agency, 48 people were killed in collapse, and the head of an industrial association said that Reuters were 43 victims.

“Some of the victims fell into the water. He was a woman with her baby,” the local police source told AFP.

Mali is one of the world’s largest gold producers. Accidents in the country do not increase by minors using dangerous methods to dig for gold.

Only a year ago, At least 40 people were killed after a tunnel collapse in a mine.

Representative of the Ministry of Mines of the country, the accident occurred among Kénéba and Dabia, but said he refused to provide more details.

Reuters reports that the ministry teams are preparing a report at the scene.

Saturday, Saturday, according to AFP, previously occurred on the abandoned site used by a Chinese company.

Beijing is very invested in the development of the government in the Mining Industry.

Mali, the Canadian company currently deals with the exchange of income with one of the largest mining companies in Barrik.

Last month, the government’s government seized gold bars worth $ 245 million (£ 194 million) from Barrick, and his CEO decided to arrest for Mark Bristow.

Mr. Bristow said the conflict was “surely” in an interview with Bloomberg this week.

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