One Body Retrieved From Collapsed Mining Pit At Nsuta Near Prestea

One body has been recovered from the pit which caved in trapping seventeen [17] illegal miners underground at Nsuta near Prestea in the Western Region. 

The Prestea District Police Commander, Superintendent Joseph Atsu Dzineku said rescue efforts are ongoing to get to the others. 

He said rescue teams from NADMO and the GoldStar Mining Company are helping in the operation. 

Superintendent Dzineku said officials from the Lands and Natural Resources Ministry are also at the scene on a fact finding mission. 

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