A formal inquest into the 2016 Lily Mine tragedy confirmed that the three miner - Pretty Nkambule, Solomon Nyirenda and Yvonne Mnisi - who were buried underground after the mine s crown pillar collapsed were dead.
The inquest into the tragedy found illegal mining inside the crown pillar at the Vantage-owned mine hollowed out and weakened the structure, leading to its collapse and subsequent deaths of three of its employees.
The crown pillar between the roof of the third and fourth levels collapsed at the Louisville mine in 2016, swallowing a container housing the lamp room with three staff members inside.