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July 17th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Newmont, the US-owned company which operates the mine in New
Zealand, was quick to issue a statement assuring relatives there was
no danger of an explosion, unlike the Pike
River Coal Mine in which 29 miners died in November 2010.
“Many of us have very vivid images of Pike River,” said Newmont
spokesman Kit Wilson.
“Gold mines are very different.
“There’s nothing to explode in a gold mine, so we stay in a refuge
chamber and we wait for help.”
Praising the rescue effort, Glen Grindlay, the mine’s operations manager, said
the miners were “fine and everyone’s in good spirits”.
He added: “One person may have smoke inhalation, and we will look after
him as a precaution.”
Mr Grindlay said the cause of the fire was not known but will be the subject
of an investigation.
The mine is expected to stay closed for several days.
But Ged O’Connell, assistant secretary of the Engineering, Print and
Manufacturing Union, said the incident underlined calls for New Zealand to
ensure it followed “world-class practices” to regulate its mines.
“Coming so soon after the tragedy at Pike River, it was a little close
for comfort,” he said.
The Pike River Coal Mine disaster, on the west coast of the South Island, was
New Zealand’s worst mining disaster in almost a century.
Pike River Coal Ltd went into receivership after the incident and has just
been sold.
A public inquiry into what happened there concluded in April, and a final
report is due by the end of September.
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