Thirteen artisanal miners, including women and three children, were killed in southwest Mali on Wednesday after a tunnel in which they were digging for gold flooded, the national union of gold counters and refineries (UCROM) said on Saturday, News.az reports citing Reuters.
At least 17 miners were trapped in a small gold mine in northwestern Peru's La Libertad department after a group of illegal miners attacked the mine on Sunday morning, said the state news agency Andina on Monday, News.az reports citing Xinhua.