Zimbabwe: Chinese Firm Halts Search Operations for Trapped Miners At Premier Estates

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Zimbabwe: Chinese Firm Halts Search Operations for Trapped Miners At Premier Estates

[New Zimbabwe] Mutasa -- The Chinese mining company operating in Premier Estate where 10 illegal miners were believably buried alive after the firm sealed some pits during a land reclamation exercise says it has halted search operations until police produce concrete evidence there were indeed missing persons from the local community.

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