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Trapped Tanzanian Miners Rescued After 4 Days

The miners were buried in the rubble 38 metres underground after a shaft at the Chinese-owned RZ Goldmine collapsed.

Tanzania: Cheers As Miners Leave Hospital

Daily News, 31 January 2017

All the 15 miners who were trapped in a mine pit at Nyarugusu for four days and rushed to Geita Regional Hospital here on Sunday were discharged yesterday. Read more »
Tanzania: 15 Narrate Their Ordeal in Collapsed Mine

Citizen, 30 January 2017

Sighs of relief greeted the news of the dramatic rescue yesterday of 15 people who had been trapped in a collapsed mine in Geita district for four days. Read more »

Rescued workers getting medical attention.

Tanzania: Rescue Teams Save 15 Workers Trapped in Mine

Nation, 30 January 2017

Fifteen people who have been trapped for four days in a collapsed mine in Geita District, Tanzania, have been rescued. Read more »
Tanzania: Thumbs Up for Rescuers of Trapped Geita Miners

Citizen, 30 January 2017

The rescue yesterday of the 15 miners who had been trapped 35 metres underground in the RZ Goldmine in Nyarugusu, Geita Region, is a cause for celebration, not only for the… Read more »
Tanzania: Trapped Miners Get Well, to Be Discharged

Daily News, 29 January 2017

Health conditions of fifteen surviving miners who were today rescued after trapped in collapsed gold mine at Nyarugusu in Geita Region have improved upon treatment at the regional… Read more »
Tanzania: Search for Trapped Miners Continues

East African, 27 January 2017

Rescuers in northwestern Tanzania searched Friday for more than a dozen miners trapped underground in the latest accident to befall the country's mining industry. Read more »

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