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Blast kills mine trespassers

A ROUTINE underground blast at Barrick Gold’s giant Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea on Saturday morning has killed at least five local trespassers who are believed to have been scavenging mine workings to find gold.

Blair Price
Blast kills mine trespassers

The scheduled blast at the underground operation of the mine took place at 5.45am on Saturday. At some stage afterwards an injured man who had trespassed onto the site approached mine staff and informed...

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