The collapse took place near Kéniéba, in Mali's western, gold-rich Kayes region.
More than 40 people, mostly women, were killed after an illegal gold mine collapsed in Mali on Saturday.
The collapse took place near Kéniéba, in Mali's western, gold-rich Kayes region.
A gold miner's union leader told Reuters the victims had climbed into open-pit areas left by industrial miners to look for scraps of gold when the earth around them caved in.
This is Mali's second deadly mining accident in three weeks, after at least 10 people were killed when a mining tunnel flooded late in January.
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