Police are investigating an incident that resulted in the death of Owen Smith, a 31-year-old gold miner from Kaburi Village which occurred at about 2.30 pm on Thursday at 10 Miles Backdam, Issano, Middle Mazaruni River.
Enquiries, the police said in a release, revealed that Smith was employed by his younger brother, Dorwin Smith, a 30-year-old miner, to work as a ‘jet man’ on a four-inch land dredging operation.
Dorwin reported on Thursday that he was working alongside his now-deceased brother, their father Oliver Smith, and younger brother, Jason Smith, in a pit measuring approximately 40 feet in length, 50 feet in width and 30 feet in depth.
