Gold producer Harmony has confirmed that the number of illegal miner fatalities at its abandoned Eland shaft had reached 82, after another body was found on Monday morning.
Five bodies of trespassing miners had been brought to surface on Saturday, Harmony COO Tom Smith told Mining Weekly Online.
The deaths followed an apparent underground fire. It was suspected that the people died of smoke and gas inhalation, although Smith said that the results from the autopsies had not been made known yet.
Harmony spokesperson Marian van der Walt previously said that it remained uncertain what the extent of the incident was, and whether or not more bodies would be found.
An estimated 294 illegal miners have been brought to surface in connection to the mining at the Eland shaft, and have been charged.
Monday 3 December 2012
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