Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane will this tomorrow afternoon visit Tau Lekoa gold mine in Orkney, North West province. This follows a serious seismic accident yesterday afternoon, which left four mineworkers trapped underground. The bodies of two of the mineworkers have since been recovered.

The Minister will meet with the mine management and proto teams for an update on the rescue operations for the two remaining mineworkers.

Details are as follows:

Date: Monday, 24 July 2017

Time: 13h00.

Venue: Tau Lekoa mine, R502 Orkney, North West Province

Kindly confirm your attendance at media@dmr.gov.za, for directions to the mine, please click on this link: https://maps.google.com/?q=-26.996002,26.610291

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