Hours of agony in South Africa, where 289 mine workers are trapped under Earth in one of the wells of the Kloof Gold Mine near the Johannesburg.
As announced today, Friday (23.05.25) the company We have some stiilwater The workers are safe and are at a concentration point in the gold mine, about 60 kilometers west of Johannesburg, and added that efforts are being made to rescue them.
However, he did not give any further details of the incident, although a Sibanye spokesman confirmed that it happened at the Kloof 7 of the mine of the mineadding that all workers They have given signs of life and their company provides food.
According to the representative, the well -controlled security and control procedures have been activated after the completion of which workers will be reunited on the surface. “We expect the situation to be resolved to date at noon,” the spokesman said.
Mines accidents are not unusual in South Africa, where there are some of the older gold mines in the world.
Earlier this year, At least 78 corpses were recovered from illegal gold mine After the police interrupted food and water supplies for months in an attempt to suppress illegal mining activity.
Sibanye, based in Johannesburg, is one of the only few mining companies in South Africa that draw profits from the Gold stocks of the area. Precious Metal Production Company makes mining at a depth of about 3,200 meters in the Kloof 7 well.
The Kloof Mine, which accounts for 14% of Sibanye’s total gold production, also has two other wells.
The National Association of Mines (NUM) announced earlier that it had received reports of an incident, which occurred around 22.00 yesterday (local time, 23.00 Greek time).