On Monday, May 29, many unlicensed miners became stuck in one of the shafts of the Anglogold Obuasi Mines in Anwiam in the Ashanti Region.
This happened when the entrance they had used to look for gold reserves was blocked off.
According to one of them who has been able to contact his family, they have reportedly been there for four days, according to TV3's Williams Evans Nkum.
"We went to the AngloGold mine to work, but the place was closed," the trapped worker remarked. We have just been there for the past four days. We lack both food and water.
They also refuse to provide us with water. We number around 300. We traveled there by ourselves. We need assistance from the DCE.
“We don’t have any work, that’s why we go there to mine to take care of ourselves and our families,” he said.