Rescue efforts are ongoing in the Ashanti Region after an illegal gold mine collapsed, claiming at least two lives.

The incident occurred on Tuesday morning in Mpasatia, Atwima Mponua District, when miners searching for gold became trapped as the pit caved in. "So far two bodies.

They are two male adults.

One from Mpasatia and another is an Ewe by tribe, but he is yet to be identified.