Fatal accident at Blanket Mine

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Caledonia Mining Corporation PLC
22 February 2022
 

Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc

Fatal accident at Blanket Mine

(NYSE AMERICAN: CMCL; AIM: CMCL; VFEX: CMCL)

 

St Helier, February 22, 2022 - It is with regret that Caledonia Mining Corporation plc ("Caledonia") confirms that an accident took place on the morning of 21 February 2022 at the Blanket Mine in Zimbabwe, as a result of which one Blanket employee, Andrew Clydon Phiri (aged 35), was killed.

 

The accident involved a LHD loader in one of Blanket's underground haulages.

 

Further details cannot be released pending the outcome of an ongoing enquiry into this incident by the relevant authorities.

 

Caledonia expresses its condolences to the family and colleagues of the deceased.

 

 

 

Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc

Mark Learmonth

Camilla Horsfall

 

Tel: +44 1534 679 802

Tel: +44 7817 841793

WH Ireland

Adrian Hadden/ Andrew De Andrade

 

Tel: +44 20 7220 1751

Blytheweigh Financial PR

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3PPB

Patrick Chidley

Paul Durham

 

Tel: +1 917 991 7701

Tel: +1 203 940 2538

Curate Public Relations (Zimbabwe)

Debra Tatenda

 

Tel: +263 77802131

 

 

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