Johannesburg - Harmony Gold Mining Company [JSE:HAR] said on Wednesday a worker had been trapped underground at its Kusasalethu mine in South Africa and efforts are being made to rescue the person.
South Africa's third-largest gold producer said the miner
was trapped after a seismic event triggered a fall of ground.
"Rescue teams are currently trying to reach the trapped
person and the (National Union of Mineworkers) and (Department of Mineral
Resources) are on the scene trying to assist," Harmony's spokesperson Marian
van der Walt said.
She could not immediately confirm if production had been suspended while the rescue efforts were ongoing.