2004, by presidential decree. However eight
people died and a further thirteen people were injured in July 2004 when part
of the old mine collapsed. Although industrial production has ceased with
cement lids sealing off the mine shafts, there is evidence that some artisan
mining still goes on here.A United Nations inter-agency mission, led by the UN Office
for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP), and organised through their Joint Environment
Unit, visited the mine
