Photos: Mining Disaster Photo 5
As the rescue operation was underway, illegal mining was going on in nearby pits. The illegal miners include children.
The operation to rescue 40 illegal miners who were trapped in a pit at Nyanfoman-Noyem has been called off. The illegal mingers (popularly known as "galamsey" operators) were prospecting for gold on a site belong to Newmont Ghana Limited when a pit caved in on them. Sources close to the rescue mission say the operation was called off because it had become too risky for the personnel involved.
Photo Credit: Olivier Assellin, Journalists for Human Rights
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