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Dozens of gold panners in Zimbabwe are feared to have drowned after heavy rains flooded two mines. Police said rescue teams were trying to pump out the water and search for bodies and any survivors at the mines near the town of Kadoma.

Gold panners speak on Grace Mugabe

With Zimbabwe’s rich mineral resource deposits, the country has recently seen a rise in the illegal alluvial panning of minerals, a relatively new informal economic activity.

Gold panners dispute over Ore in Zimbabwe