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title: "Trapped miners at Gauteng Sibanye-Stillwater Gold mine confirmed dead"
description: "Johannesburg - Rescue operations have been suspended after two trapped miners were confirmed dead at the Kloof Ikamva shaft of Sibanye-Stillwater's mine in Gauteng, after a fall of ground early on Wednesday morning."
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# Trapped miners at Gauteng Sibanye-Stillwater Gold mine confirmed dead

> Johannesburg - Rescue operations have been suspended after two trapped miners were confirmed dead at the Kloof Ikamva shaft of Sibanye-Stillwater's mine in Gauteng, after a fall of ground early on Wednesday morning.

By News24 · Published 7 February 2018, 16:16 SAST

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Sibanye Gold spokesperson James Wellsted confirmed the deaths to News24.

"Our deepest condolences to the families, friends and colleagues of these miners. It is a very sad day for us," Wellsted said.

Wellsted said all operations at the area where the two bodies were recovered were suspended.

Earlier, Wellsted told News24 there had been a seismic incident in the morning.

Last week, 955 miners were trapped at a Sibanye-Stillwater Gold mine in Welkom following an electric cable outage during a storm.

The two 132kV lines supplying mines in the Welkom area collapsed due to a severe storm, leaving mines in the area without electricity supply.

The miners were eventually rescued. DM