Four missing miners found dead

OUAGADOUGOU: The dead bodies of four out of eight missing miners have been found at a zinc mine owned by Trevali Mining Corp in Burkina Faso which flooded on April 16, the government said yesterday.

Rescue workers on May 17 found no survivors in a chamber in the mine, 570m below ground, where there had been hope during a search that the men might have found refuge. Relatives have continued to gather at the site in Sanguie province. The mine managers had been banned from leaving the country.