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955 workers trapped in South Africa gold mine brought to surface

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Published on: June 15, 2023

South Africa’s Sibanye Gold mine owners on Friday confirmed that all 955 mine workers trapped underground for more than a day following a power cut resurfaced unharmed.

Local online newspaper, Mail & Guardian quotes the mine’s spokesman, James Wellsted say, “Everybody’s out, there were cases of dehydration and high blood pressure but nothing serious.”

The miners were stuck in the Beatrix gold mine after a storm caused a massive power outage.

But on Friday morning electricity was finally restored to a lift, enabling the workers’ release.

They are being taken for food and showers upon their release, before having medical health checks.

Beatrix is in the small town of Theunissen near the city of Welkom.