Some 200 excavators have been uncovered at mining sites in the central region alone, by the inter-ministerial committee on illegal mining. The committee which is on a mission to sanitize the mining sector says the ongoing vetting of licenses of small scale miners is aimed at having a grasp of the actual situation in the […]
Contrary to popular belief that Ghana’s illegal mining debacle is being predominantly perpetrated by Chinese nationals, it has emerged that Citizens of neighbouring Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast are also deeply involved in the practice known in local parlance as galamsey. Secretary of the inter-ministerial committee on illegal mining, Charles Bissue has revealed that some […]
Secretary of the inter-ministerial committee on illegal mining Charles Bissue has indicated that the committee has been forced to run a shift system of day and night as a result of the enormous pressure that has been exerted on them as they begin the vetting of licenses of small scale miners in the country. According […]
Government has taken the fight against illegal mining in the country to another level through the use of high technological penetration
