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21 Jul 2015

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Daily News (Botswana)

Botswana: 3 BCL employees die in mine accident

'Seach party discovers bodies', 21 Jul 2015: The bodies of three BCL employees who died after a ground fall at Selebi shaft…have all been recovered…According to…[the] BCL public relations office…an official report was made regarding the fall of ground at 835 level…where secondary drilling was being conducted. Three employees were unaccounted for and a BCL proto team set in motion a rescue and recovery exercise to rescue the employees…The inspector of mines was…on site and investigations into the cause of the incident were set in motion…[T]he names of the three employees…[will] not be…released until their next of kin have been informed.