"At least 14 people have died after torrential rainfall led to the collapse of a Venezuelan gold mine. The National Risk System announced on Monday that it had launched recovery efforts at the mine in the southern El Callao municipality, with bodies found in three separate shafts. list of 4 itemsend of list Venezuela has deposits of copper, diamonds and other precious minerals, but unsafe working conditions are common in a poorly regulated industry."
"about 850km (528 miles) southeast of the capital, Caracas, to coordinate operations, Bolivar state's Operational Zones for Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis agency said. The deaths occurred in three different shafts of the Cuatro Esquinas de Caratal mine, the agency said in a statement, as flooding caused the collapse of the mine's vertical shafts. It said two miners managed to escape unharmed from one of the shafts, which was about 100 metres (328 feet) deep."
Recovery teams are pumping out flooded shafts and attempting to recover bodies after torrential rainfall caused vertical shaft collapses at the Cuatro Esquinas de Caratal gold mine. At least 14 people have died, with bodies found in three separate shafts and two miners escaping unharmed from a 100-metre-deep shaft. A command post in El Callao, about 850km southeast of Caracas, is coordinating operations. Death toll figures rely on testimony from surviving miners and local firefighters. El Callao has been a gold-mining hub since 1853 and most residents work in the trade. The national mining sector is poorly regulated with frequent unsafe conditions and exploitation.
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