Families of trapped miners on AngloGold Ashanti concession are crying for help .
This was after AngloGold Ashanti denied covering the pit to kill the illegal miners.
The trapped miners are accuseing AngloGold Ashanti of intentionally covering the pit to kill them .
According to a victim, Nana Yaw, they (miners) were mining on part of AngloGold Ashanti concession when the owners covered the pit.
It was reported that over 300 illegal miners had been trapped under AngloGold Ashanti concession at Aweam in Obuasi.
According to reports, the victims have been trapped under the pit for about five days without food or water and no one has come to rescue them.
In a statement to debunk the allegation, AngloGold Ashanti said unauthorized persons underground were able to exit on foot, via an existing ramp, through the main access of the mining area.
“No person underground has been confined in any way and the main exit ramp from the mine remains open. Obuasi Gold Mine’s management team has notified the relevant authorities and public security services and is working closely with them,” it stated.
“Any unauthorized person underground is encouraged to leave the mine at any time by the exit points where public security personnel remain on standby,” it added.
In a latest development after the statement, the families of victims are calling on Government to rescue their people.
While some cried for help, some also said they will not vote for the NPP Government again for fighting illegal miners.
According to one of them, despite mining in the Town, there was nothing good to write home about in terms of development in Obuasi.
Meanwhile, they said the AngloGold Ashanti refused to employ indigenes and rather employed foreigners to work at their site.
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