The gold miner trapped underground at the Mount Clear gold mine has sadly died.

Today Show reporter Christine Ahern is in Ballarat and shed light on the tragic news.

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Initially two gold miners were pinned by falling rocks but one of them was airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Another 29 miners were safely extracted from the mine last night.

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