Rock slide kills at least four at gold-mining site in northeast Guinea
In this file photo, soldiers watch the recovery operation of the bodies of unauthorized miners from a pit mine, on the grounds of a gold mining concession operated by multinational joint venture Surgold, in Sipaliwini district, some 150 kilometers southeast of Suriname's capital Paramaribo, Sunday, Nov 21, 2010.
The accident happened on Saturday evening in Kintinian, in the northeast region of Siguiri, said Mamadi Magassouba, a public figure in Kintinian.The death toll was confirmed by police and a representative of the local Red Cross. "The victims were working in an old gold mine banned from use due to the risks of rock slides" caused by heavy rain, said the Red Cross official.
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