A staggering 2,800% surge in mining licenses has been recorded in Ghana over the past 8 years (2016-2024), according to the Ghana Mining Repository. The data reveals: – 1,696 mining licenses issued between 2016 and 2024 – A significant increase from the 57 licenses issued between 1995 and 2015 This dramatic rise raises questions about...
Presidential hopeful Dr. John Kpikpi of the Progressive Alliance for Ghana (PAG) has pledged to impose a two-year moratorium on small-scale mining to curb the illicit practice of galamsey and reform the mining sector. This vow comes in response to Ghana Water Limited’s (GWL) recent announcement of reduced water supply to Cape Coast and surrounding...
Founder of the Pan African Heritage Museum, Kojo Yankah has wondered what President Akufo Addo and his government can do between now and the elections on December 7 to tackle the illicit small-scale mining practices (Galamsey). Yankah believes that the President and his government have let the nation down, with respect to protecting the nation’s...
Dennis Miracles Aboagye, director of communications for Bawumia Campaign, has accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of enabling the illegal mining practice known as galamsey. He claims that while the government is trying to combat galamsey, NDC officials are campaigning against the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) using galamsey as a political tool. Aboagye alleges...