Three people died and four were injured in a rockfall at AngloGold Ashanti’s TauTona mine near Carletonville on Tuesday, the company said in a statement.
The fall was caused by a seismic event with a magnitude of 2,4 which occurred about 3km below the surface at 11.37am.
Two of the four injured were seriously hurt.
TauTona mine was in the process of notifying the families of the employees.
The Department of Minerals and Energy and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) had been informed. – Sapa