JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – South African gold-miner Harmony Gold on Monday reported that a fall-of-ground incident had led to the death of an employee at its Masimong mine, in the Free State province, on Saturday.

Spokesperson Marian van der Walt said that the mine’s management and the Department of Mineral Resources were still investigating the incident and would then decide whether or not the mine would be closed.

A mineworker had died in a locomotive accident at the mine in January, while another worked had been killed in a fall-of-ground incident in June.

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