NOTE BRINGS RAY OF HOPE FOR TRAPPED MINERS IN GOLD MINE

• Rescue operations are on to save the trapped miners underground after a devastating explosion tore through Chinese gold mine a week ago.
• The status of 11 miners amongst 22 is clear who are still alive.

State media reports the workers succeeded in sending a note to rescuers seven days after the accident.

The fate of another 10 miners missing after the explosion remains hazy.

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