Illegal Gold Mine in Mali Collapsed: Dozens Killed

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Rescue operations continued well into the evening at Bilali Koto as emergency services and volunteers worked to extract survivors. Local authorities said many people have been injured and that the death toll is likely to rise.

Dozens of people have died after an illegal gold mine collapsed in the west of Mali on Saturday. A good number of the rate miners killed were women. Victims had climbed into the open pit left by industrial miners.

Rescue operations continued well into the evening at Bilali Koto as emergency services and volunteers worked to extract survivors. Local authorities said many people have been injured and that the death toll is likely to rise.

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It’s the country’s second deadly mining accident in less than three weeks. Several people, again mostly women, died in a landslide at an artisanal gold mine last month. Mining activity in Mali is unregulated, though it is one of the largest producers of gold and other metals in the world.