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Collapse of illegal Tanzanian gold mine kills 19 people

The collapse of an illegal gold mine has killed 19 people in northwest Tanzania, a senior police official said on Friday.

The accident occurred on Thursday night at Kahama district, Shinyanga region, near Acacia Mining's licensed Bulyanhulu gold mine which is majority-owned by Canada's Barrick Gold Corp. The bodies were recovered on Friday.

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