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BAMAKO (Reuters) -The death toll from last week's accident at an artisanal gold mine in southwest Mali has risen to more than 70, state radio said on Thursday. The deaths were caused after a shaft collapsed on Friday inside an artisanal gold mining site in the Kangaba Cercle in Mali's southwestern Koulikoro Region. The mines ministry reported over 40 killed on Wednesday but said that figure was provisional. State radio, following a government delegation dispatched to the area on Thursday, said the death toll had risen to over 70, including one woman. (Reporting by Tiemoko Diallo;Writing by Sof...

BAMAKO -The death toll from last week's accident at an artisanal gold mine in southwest Mali has risen to more than 70, state radio said on Thursday.... -January 25, 2024 at 10:31 am EST - MarketScreener

More than 40 artisanal gold miners were killed in southwest Mali last week after the shaft they were working in collapsed, Mali’s mines ministry said on Wednesday.

The collapse of a mining shaft in southwest Mali has led to the deaths of over 40 artisanal gold miners, Reuters reported.

The deaths were caused after a shaft collapsed on Friday inside an artisanal gold mining site.