Otmane El Rhazi from The Bullion Desk.
AngloGold Ashanti has halted stoping and development activities at its Mponeng mine in the Carletonville area of South Africa following a fatality, it said in a release on Thursday.
The deceased, a miners’ assistant, was fatally injured in a fall of ground incident yesterday.
The Department of Mineral Resources has been notified and an in loco inspection was carried out.
The Mponeng, the world’s deepest gold mine, exploits the Ventersdorp Contact Reef (VCR) at depths of between 2,400m and 3,900m via a twin-shaft system. Ore is treated and smelted at the mine’s gold plant.
(Editing by Tom Jennemann)
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