More than 100 people 'unaccounted for' after South Africa mine collapse - union

Security guards keep watch at the entrance of the Lily mine, which is owned by Vantage Goldfields, near Barberton, east of Johannesburg, February 5, 2016. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

LILY GOLD MINE, South Africa (Reuters) - Almost 90 miners were rescued and three other workers were missing after a cave-in at a gold mine in the northeast of South Africa on Friday, mine owner Vantage Goldfields said.

The collapse at the mine's main entrance trapped 87 workers underground, all of whom were rescued, the small gold producer said in a statement, but three others who had been working on the surface at the time could not be accounted for.