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Mining company says worker died from 'medical event' at Sunrise Dam gold mine in WA's northern Goldfields

A worker has died at the Sunrise Dam gold mine in WA's northern Goldfields. (Supplied: Tony McDonough/AngloGold Ashanti Australia Ltd)

A man in his 30s has died underground after suffering a "medical event" while on night shift at a gold mine in Western Australia's northern Goldfields. 

The circumstances of the worker's death are unclear but he was working as a contractor at the Sunrise Dam gold mine, 55 kilometres south of Laverton. 

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