“As it stands now it’s rather difficult,” Department of Mineral Resources and Energy spokesperson Nathi Shabangu said. He added that the government department was working with a team of inspectors from the company that previously operated the mine as well as mine rescue services to determine if the underground activity detected is “human movement.”

Authorities only announced last week that they suspected that dozens of illegal miners died in the mine on May 18, and their bodies were still underground. They were still piecing together the incident.

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