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Raise local players in mining sector – Akufo-Addo to MIIF Board

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah President Akufo Addo has charged the first Governing Board of the newly established Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) to use the financial resources entrusted to them to raise indegenious players in the mining sector which has hitherto been dominated by international corporations. Addressing the nine (9) …

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Video: I supply fuel to mining companies in Ghana – A-Plus

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Kwame Asare Obeng, Ghanaian Hiplife rapper and singer, popularly known for his political and controversial hit records, has disclosed he supplies fuel to many mining companies in Ghana. According to A Plus, as he is popularly known in the Showbiz circles, though his fuel supply business …

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Govt audits mining sector

by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Mining in Ghana The government of Ghana is currently carrying out a technical and financial audit of the operations of the mining industry, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has said. Mr Asomah-Cheremeh said at a press conference in Accra on Wednesday, 11 September 2019 …

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Workers of Perseus Mining caged by residents over killing of ‘galamseyers’

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   Employees of Perseus Mining Company at Ayamfuri in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central region are living in danger as the townsfolk have launched an offensive on them following the killing of two illegal miners in the town by operatives of the Operation …

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Two jailed for mining in Desiri Forest Reserve

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Kwabena Yeboah and Akwasi Yeboah after their arrest The Nkawie Circuit Court has sentenced two illegal miners caught prospecting for gold in the Desiri Forest Reserve to three years imprisonment each. The court also confiscated four motorbikes used by 42-year-old Kwabena Yeboah and his 41-year-old accomplice, Akwasi …

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Amended mining act stiffer on “galamseyers” – Akufo-Addo

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah      President Akufo Addo has stated that the Country’s Parliament has amended the Mining Act and by so doing has prescribed stiffer punishment for persons who engage in illegal mining, popularly known as “Galamsey”. The Amended Act, he says, came before him on Monday 19th of …

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Newmont Guard found dead in mining pit

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   A security guard of Protea Coin Group Limited, Stephen Amankwa who was providing security duties for Newmont Ghana Gold Limited, Ahafo Mines and went missing last Thursday after being attacked by illegal miners has been found dead in one of the company’s mining pits. The …

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PRESIDENT AKUFO-ADDO LAUNCHES COMMUNITY MINING PROGRAMME

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, 24th July, 2019, launched the Community Mining Programme at Wassa Akropong, in the Western Region. The Community Mining Programme is aimed at formalizing mining in selected communities across the country.     With at least one …

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Illegal mining: Akufo-Addo petitioned over NPP bigwigs’ involvement

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   Residents of Akyem Hemang in the Fanteakwa South District of the Eastern region have petitioned President Akufo-Addo over elements in the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) engaging in illegal mining and logging of economic trees in the area. According to them, the involvement of some bigshots …

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Operation Vanguard arrests 15 Chinese linked to illegal mining

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   Members of the Operation Vanguard taskforce stationed at their Forward Operating Base in the Western Region on Saturday apprehended 15 suspected Chinese illegal miners in the Juaboso District in the Western North Region. This was contained in a statement issued to the Ghana News Agency by …

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