{{About 17 people were killed while mining illegally at a disused gold mine in Ghana’s central region when the ground caved in on them on Monday, local authorities and eyewitnesses said.}}<\/p>\n
The dead included one of six injured miners who died in the hospital, the Municipal chief executive Peter Owusu-Ashia told Reuters.<\/p>\n
“It is an abandoned pit that has attracted a lot of illegal miners,” Owusu-Ashia said adding that persistent efforts to ward off such activities have proved futile.<\/p>\n
He said rescuers had retrieved 16 bodies, using excavators and other earth-moving equipment.<\/p>\n
It is unclear how many people had gone into the pit, located at Kyekyewere, but rescue workers believed all those trapped had been recovered.<\/p>\n
Illegal mining is a major concern in Ghana’s mining areas where operators use sophisticated tools to process the ore.<\/p>\n
At least 15 Chinese illegal miners were repatriated home earlier this month after they were found to have been mining illegally.<\/p>\n
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